> (Why does "nobody" have a home directory? That's odd, and maybe a
> little scary.)

Frequently ~nobody was /tmp, which is a serious security hole; SuSE has
switched it to /var/lib/nobody.  The whole point of the 'nobody' account is
it's safe because it owns nothing, but if using su - nobody, it still needs a
safe place for it's . files.

For more on Nobody, see http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.html

Bill
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