topic Re: unix account "nobody" in Operating System - HP-UX

unix account "nobody"

Sanjiv Sharma_1 — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 20:20:50 GMT

Hi,

I have an HP-UX 11.00 box with a unix account "nobody".

Account details are:
nobody:*:-2:60001::/:

Any idea what is this account used for?

Thank you,

Re: unix account "nobody"

Indira Aramandla — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 20:27:24 GMT

Hi Raje,

nobody account is used for NFS anonymous connections â could possibly delete IF no NFS in use.

Indira

Re: unix account "nobody"

V.Tamilvanan — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 20:33:30 GMT

Hi Sanjiv,

The uid of -2 is reserved for remote root access by means of NFS.

You can get more info by #man 4 passwd

HTH.

V.Tamilvanan.

Re: unix account "nobody"

Nguyen Anh Tien — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 22:20:42 GMT

nobody account is used for NFS.
you refer this doc "NFS Services Administratorâ s Guide" for more detail
www.docs.hp.com/en/B1031-900

Re: unix account "nobody"

bhoopathi_1 — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:37:07 GMT

Hi
Nobody is also used for configuring anonymous FTP.