Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 01:28:52 -0700 (PDT) From: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: Francisco Reyes <freyes@inch.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Use of user nobody Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990704012259.6196E-100000@dsinw.com> In-Reply-To: <199907040824.EAA27272@arutam.inch.com>
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> Recently I installed Squid based on the instructions in an article at > freebsdezine.com > Two of the steps involved changing the owners of directories/files to > "nobody". > > Is this safe? What does it mean? > Anything special about this user? Nobody is a system user. It allows you to run programs with root premissions, but not as root to circumvent a few security holes. You also can't login as it... at least I'm pretty sure.. :) In other words... it's safe to follow the instructions and change permissions. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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