> David J Brown writes:
>
> >Yep I did note that. I wonder if other people dont have the 'nobody' entry
> >in passwd. Infact I am trying to remember why I have it... probably
>
> I remember having to add it for something, probably CERN httpd, so it's
> not in there by default.
My RedHat installations all have a nobody entry in passwd straight out of
box. But the uid is 99. I don't know but somehow it doesn't seem quite
right having the uid -1 or any negative number for that matter.
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