Hi Jeremy, > su nobody -c 'touch /tmp/nobody-test.$$' > ls -l /tmp/nobody-test.*
I tried running this example from an ordinary account, and su does ask for nobody's password. Since none exists (its /etc/shadow entry has a '*'), I would need to assign one with linuxconf, for instance. Right? > I am guessing no detailed documentation exists. Mayeb some > vendors/distributions have a document or guidelines for their > particular > setups. Actually, I just found a list in chapter 2 of "The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide" (see http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.1-Manual/ref-guide/s1-users-g roups-standard-users.html). RedHat calls them "Standard Users" (and "Standard Groups"). The manual has 2 simple tables merely listing them though, I have seen no explanation of purpose, rationale, etc. In fact, they are subsets of the passwd/group files, and they are not even complete, lacking 'named' and 'apache', for example. So you're right, it looks like no detailed documentation exists. Regards, Marcel Frechette _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
