2009-07-02
So, who is this nobody user anyway? Port ...
So, who is this nobody user anyway? Porting account-management scripts from Centos linux to ubuntu made strange problems show. A short check found interesting differences. After asking around on irc and trying some things I found quite a choice:
Centos linux:nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin nfsnobody:x:65534:65534:Anonymous NFS User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologinUbuntu linux:nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/shFreeBSD 6.1:nobody:*:65534:65534:Unprivileged user:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologinSolaris:nobody:x:60001:60001:Nobody:/:Interesting is that creating a file as root on a solaris nfs client will create it as 65534:0. Data Ontap:pw_name = nobody pw_passwd = pw_uid = 65535, pw_gid = 65535