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Date:      18 Oct 2001 21:17:07 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org>
Cc:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, Yarema <yds@dppl.com>, <arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: Apache port change from nobody:nogroup to www:www planned
Message-ID:  <xzpzo6obvws.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110181021380.1612-100000@smtp.gnf.org>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110181021380.1612-100000@smtp.gnf.org>

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Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> writes:
> Refresh my memory as to why nobody is special in NIS land?

For one, our rpc.ypupdated is hardcoded to refuse changes to map
entries with a key of "nobody".  There might be more magic in other
places; I'm not really inclined to go groping through NIS sources to
find out where.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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