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Hi all. I was stupid and delete the nobody account from my system. How can i recreate the "nobody" account? Thank for all help. have fun!...
  1. 04-12-2006 #1
    iwanabeguru
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    want back the "nobody" account

    Hi all.

    I was stupid and delete the nobody account from my system.
    How can i recreate the "nobody" account?
    Thank for all help.

    have fun!
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    What is the nobody account?
    Is this different from a normal user account?
    How to know if you are a geek.
    when you respond to "get a life!" with "what's the URL?"
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    I wonder why you deleted it. The entry for nobody on my system in /etc/passwd
    Code:
    nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/:/bin/false
    The entry in /etc/group is
    Code:
    nobody:x:65534:
    What is the nobody account?
    Is this different from a normal user account?
    nobody is a system user. Some daemons have to run without root privileges, so they run as "nobody".
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