nobody & noaccess entries in passwd file

Sabari Nath S · #1 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005

Hi,

I cud find entries for user's named nobody and noaccess in the passwd file in the Unix system in which I am working ... I have seen entries for these in other systems too ....

What is the significance for nobody and noaccess ... ?? Anything special ?? Can anyone help ??

Thanks & regards,

SNS

Unbeliever · #2 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005

They are not normal logon id's. They are used for runing processes that require little or no access to the local systme (or example web servers). They should have no password associated with them (ie you should only be able to 'su' to them from root).

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