Bill Fithen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on Thu, 13 Jun 1996 21:55:49 -0400
> In DFS nobody is not just another account, documentation says that it
> is used to handle unauthenticated foreign cell access. Such users are
> treated as the user nobody (in ACLs). Is it the UID -2 or the
> principal name nobody that's significant?
>
> In addition, Solaris cannot parse a negative UID in the local password
> file correctly; it turns any out-of-range [0..MAXUID] UID into
> UID_NOBODY [60001] silently anyway.
>
> However, it handles a negative group fine!
>
> So, it appears to me that it makes no difference whether nobody's UID
> is -2 or 60001 (on Solaris 2.4 anyway).
>
Its the UID -2 that is significant in DFS, even on Solaris platforms.
Rajesh
