ianw1974 Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 I have found a user named "nobody" on my system. I've no idea how this got here. How can I remove it? Why would it have appeared? Please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 "nobody" is usually used for ftp servers etc. Just like games, rpc, ftp, rpm, shutdown, bin, sync etc. No real need to delete it, its harmless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 8, 2005 Author Share Posted May 8, 2005 OK, I hadn't noticed it before, so I wondered how it got there!! Many thanks for your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 It's actually a security feature and not a security problem, so you definitely don't want to delete it. It's a very unprivileged user, and all server processes that can work in such a limited environment are run as that user, limiting the damage they could do if compromised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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