/etc/passwd entries

[cute]

what are the default /etc/passwd entries and what are they for?

ex: nobody- for NFS?

sys - for ?

....



where can i find documents about these accounts?

Thank you.

Cute

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Here is a good document on HP-UX system accounts:

http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/user_admin/GC32-0661-01/en_US/HTML/admusref35.htm#Header_49

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[cute]

I have an entry 'sys' in my /etc/passwd file

sys:*:3:3::/:



what is this for?

Thanks steven...

[Steven Sim Kok Leong · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can use the following command to find all files belonging to a specific system account eg. for sys:

# find / -user sys -exec ls -la {} \; 2>/dev/null

For my system, the sys account is only used by omniback.

$ find / -user sys -exec ls -la {} \; 2>/dev/null|more
-rw-rw---- 1 sys sys 0 Oct 11 1998 /opt/omni/newconfig/va
r/opt/omni/log/debug.log
-rw-rw---- 1 sys sys 0 Oct 11 1998 /opt/omni/newconfig/va
r/opt/omni/log/sap.log
-rw-rw---- 1 sys sys 0 Oct 11 1998 /opt/omni/newconfig/va
r/opt/omni/log/oracle8.log
-rw-rw---- 1 sys sys 1220 Apr 14 2000 /var/opt/omni/log/sap.
log
-rw-rw---- 1 sys sys 0 Oct 11 1998 /var/opt/omni/log/orac
le8.log

You should run it on your system to find out in detail. You might possibly have other applications that make use of the sys account.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong