Mail from ILUG-BOM list (Non-Digest Mode) _______________________________________________ On Aug 5, 2000 at 01:50, Rajesh Deo wrote: >I would like to understand how the permissions for a >user such as 'nobody' are decided by the OS. From what >I understand it is the user with least permissions on >the file system. User nobody doesn't match a known user, and is not in any group. However user nobody *is* recognized, and doesn't return an "unknown luser" message. So. Any program running as nobody has "world" permsissions. man chmod. -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> US-bound grad students! For pre-apps, see <URL:http://quickapps.cjb.net/> "This is the *NIX version of the 'ILOVEVYOU' worm. It runs on the honor system. Forward this to everyone in your address book, and randomly delete some of your files." - Unknown _______________________________________________ Website: http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/ilug Linuxers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
