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> 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.
User nobody is listed in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
group nobody is listed in /etc/groups
It is the user that apache runs chmods to when it starts. Apache also
needs to chroot to its DocumentRoot but don't know if it does that.
Philip
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