It signifies a group or user with minimal permissions. Anonymous users in
FTP are actually logging in as user nobody.Again, cgi scripts in the Httpd
root also run using user nobody to minimise security risks .
Shanker
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Subject: [ilug-cal] Nobody?
> Hi,
> can anybody give me some idea regarding the user 'nobody',the group
> 'nobody'.What is the significance of these users and is their some special
> utility for them? Also is it a 'bad' idea to put other users in the group
> nobody?
>
> TIA
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