https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nobody/m-p/2883188#M101394 Hi,<BR /><BR />It's used for anonymous NFS mount users.<BR /><BR />Here is a thread that discusses it:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x1b9a663ce855d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html" target="_blank">http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x1b9a663ce855d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html</A><BR /><BR />JP<BR /><BR /> Thu, 16 Jan 2003 01:47:53 GMT John Poff 2003-01-16T01:47:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nobody/m-p/2883187#M101393 What's the meaning of nobody in the /etc/passwd?<BR /><BR /> nobofy:*:-2:-2 Thu, 16 Jan 2003 01:44:55 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nobody/m-p/2883187#M101393 j773303 2003-01-16T01:44:55Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nobody/m-p/2883188#M101394 Hi,<BR /><BR />It's used for anonymous NFS mount users.<BR /><BR />Here is a thread that discusses it:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x1b9a663ce855d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html" target="_blank">http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x1b9a663ce855d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html</A><BR /><BR />JP<BR /><BR /> Thu, 16 Jan 2003 01:47:53 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nobody/m-p/2883188#M101394 John Poff 2003-01-16T01:47:53Z