From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 29 23:54:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA21621 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 23:54:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA21614 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 23:54:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA28860; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:13:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199808300613.CAA28860@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: default logins In-Reply-To: <35E8E66A.47AE4BD@thepentagon.com> from cdcd at "Aug 30, 98 01:43:06 am" To: cdcd@thepentagon.com (cdcd) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:13:57 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG cdcd wrote: > What are the default logins & passwords (if they even exist), for users > like games, daemon, nobody, etc. Most of these users don't login, so don't have home directories or passwords. They /mostly/ own things. setuid binaries may become "daemon" or whatever. Often root-privilege daemons will become one of these users (daemon, often) to give up root privilege when it is no longer needed. Nobody is nobody: the least possible user. he has an "account", i.e. he has a uid, but should own no files. The script that builds the 'locate' database (a list of many of the files on the system), changes its uid to "nobody" and gid to group "nobody", to avoid listing entries files that no ordinary user should see. uucp is if you're caught in a time warp around 1988 and need to run the old uucp networking stuff. (You already know if you need this). you might activate operator, if you're a large site and need a non-root account for operators. I don't know the real utility of this. (Usually taking care of tape drives and line printers. Also the card punch and reader :) > [quit your snickering, I'm new to the BSD scene...] Nah, a dumb question is along the lines of "Why can't I read the programs on the other side of the cdrom?" Dave -- Su accion letal comienza en pocas horas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message