On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
It has an entry in the passwd file. That makes it a valid linux user. 65535 or 65536 is its GID on RH based systems. Thats default. You can ofcourse change the name, the GID, or whatever.
Oh, interesting. Can you point to some official reference for this? I would like to see which 'Linux standard' sets uid '65535 OR 65536' to that of nobody? Is this true of non-RH systems? Does Fedora also follow this standard, or is Fedora non-compliant with the standards? Ubuntu?
I have been out of touch with the Linux community for quite some time now, so might not be updated.
Whats there to correct?
I'm sorry.
PS: This is a common interview question.
That's amazing! Is the question related to the user "nobody" or knowing the user's uid? Or you mean to say "It's a common interview question for RHCE candidates"?
Thanks.