On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Ravindra Jaju ravindra.jaju@gmail.com wrote:
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?
Please google for "valid linux user".
Users that have an entry in /etc/passwd are valid linux users, as opposed to users that login through directory services.
I would like to see which 'Linux standard' sets uid '65535 OR 65536'
Please do a grep nobody /etc/passwd on RH based distros.
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 not checked with non RH systems.
I have been out of touch with the Linux community for quite some time now, so might not be updated.
No wonder.
Whats there to correct?
I'm sorry.
Me too.
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"?
The sequence of questions is something like this:
What user does nfs operate as on Red Hat 9? What is the UID of that user? Why is this user required?
Now, What exactly are you trying to prove? Is it any of these points:
1. A user having an entry in the passwd file is not a valid linux user. 2. User nobody is just a normal user who can login in to his home dir. 3. The UID of user nobody is not 65535 or 6 on RH based distros.
Regards, NMK.