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j773303
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‎01-15-2003 05:44 PM

‎01-15-2003 05:44 PM

nobody

What's the meaning of nobody in the /etc/passwd?

nobofy:*:-2:-2
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John Poff
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‎01-15-2003 05:47 PM

‎01-15-2003 05:47 PM

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Re: nobody

Hi,

It's used for anonymous NFS mount users.

Here is a thread that discusses it:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x1b9a663ce855d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html

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