Re: Who is user "nobody"?

[Christopher Fisk <chrisf mhonline net>]

nobody is an unpriveledged system account.  So that programs that don't
need to be run by root aren't.

Chris

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On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Michael L. Starnes wrote:

>While dialed into the internet with a stand alone workstation I noticed
>that user "nobody" was running "find" on my system. Who is user
>"nobody"? Am I being hacked?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>
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