In /etc/passwd there's a bunch of users which are there on every Linux install. The purpose of some of them is obvious, but some of them it isn't. E.g
Code:
daemon:x:2:2:Daemon:/sbin:/bin/bash
games:x:12:100:Games account:/var/games:/bin/bash
Anyone know what the intended purpose of those users are? I'm sure I once read something somewhere which explained the purpose of such users, but I've completely failed to find anything close via Google. I think some of them pre-date Linux. The daemon user is also present on Solaris.
I'm guessing daemon is intended as a convenient account for you to run daemons under that you don't want to run under root.