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Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> writes:

>          if (!(pwent = getpwnam("nobody")))
>          {
>                  fprintf(stderr, "There must be a user called nobody
> for this program to work!");
>                  exit(1);
>          }

It would be safer to create a different user specifically for this
purpose.  Otherwise, something else running as nobody might have
access to more privileges than it was intended for...