Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 11:24:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Jonathon Doran <doranj@Colorado.EDU> To: freyes@inch.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of user nobody Message-ID: <199907041724.LAA05763@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199907040824.EAA27272@arutam.inch.com> from "Francisco Reyes" at Jul 4, 99 04:25:41 am
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> Recently I installed Squid based on the instructions in an article at > freebsdezine.com > Two of the steps involved changing the owners of directories/files to > "nobody". > > Is this safe? What does it mean? Yes, it is safe. > Anything special about this user? This user has no privilages, can't login, has an invalid password, and doesn't belong to any group. This limits the ability to exploit bugs in programs running as "nobody". There is otherwise, nothing special about nobody. Jon Doran To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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