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Old 08-20-2008, 08:44 PM   #1
davidstvz
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SuseLinux10 (or similar) passwd file questions?


Is nobody routinely the last "system" account before real user accounts?

I was using a script and I'm afraid I axed something by accident.

Here's what's left of my passwd file with no ordinary users in it

Code:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/bash
daemon:x:2:2:Daemon:/sbin:/bin/bash
lp:x:4:7:Printing daemon:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/bash
mail:x:8:12:Mailer daemon:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/bin/false
news:x:9:13:News system:/etc/news:/bin/bash
uucp:x:10:14:Unix-to-Unix CoPy system:/etc/uucp:/bin/bash
games:x:12:100:Games account:/var/games:/bin/bash
man:x:13:62:Manual pages viewer:/var/cache/man:/bin/bash
at:x:25:25:Batch jobs daemon:/var/spool/atjobs:/bin/bash
wwwrun:x:30:8:WWW daemon apache:/var/lib/wwwrun:/bin/false
squid:x:31:65534:WWW-proxy squid:/var/cache/squid:/bin/false
irc:x:39:65534:IRC daemon:/usr/lib/ircd:/bin/bash
ftp:x:40:49:FTP account:/srv/ftp:/bin/bash
named:x:44:44:Name server daemon:/var/lib/named:/bin/false
gdm:x:50:15:Gnome Display Manager daemon:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/bash
postfix:x:51:51:Postfix Daemon:/var/spool/postfix:/bin/false
mysql:x:60:106:MySQL database admin:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash
pop:x:67:100:POP admin:/var/lib/pop:/bin/false
sshd:x:71:65:SSH daemon:/var/lib/sshd:/bin/false
mailman:x:72:67:GNU mailing list manager:/var/lib/mailman:/bin/bash
ntp:x:74:65534:NTP daemon:/var/lib/ntp:/bin/false
ldap:x:76:70:User for OpenLDAP:/var/lib/ldap:/bin/bash
mdnsd:x:78:65534:mDNSResponder runtime user:/var/lib/mdnsd:/bin/false
messagebus:x:100:101:User for D-BUS:/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
haldaemon:x:101:102:User for haldaemon:/var/run/hal:/bin/false
dhcpd:x:102:65534:DHCP server daemon:/var/lib/dhcp:/bin/false
radiusd:x:103:103:Radius daemon:/var/lib/radiusd:/bin/false
privoxy:x:104:104:Daemon user for privoxy:/var/lib/privoxy:/bin/false
tomcat:x:105:105:Tomcat - Apache Servlet/JSP Engine:/usr/share/tomcat5:/bin/bash
quagga:x:106:107:Quagga routing daemon:/var/run/quagga:/bin/false
beagleindex:x:107:108:User for Beagle indexing:/var/cache/beagle:/bin/bash
nobody:x:65534:65533:nobody:/var/lib/nobody:/bin/bash
 
Old 08-21-2008, 01:56 PM   #2
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Here's my passwd file--not sure if this helps:

Code:
[mherring@mystical desktop]$ more /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/false
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/bin/false
mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false
ftp:x:14:11:ftp:/home/ftp:/bin/false
nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/:/bin/false
dbus:x:81:81:System message bus:/:/bin/false
hal:x:82:82:HAL daemon:/:/bin/false
mherring:x:1000:100:,,,:/home/mherring:/bin/bash
testing:x:1001:100:,,,:/home/testing:/bin/bash
[mherring@mystical desktop]$
 
Old 08-21-2008, 03:30 PM   #3
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yours is more trim than mine!

oh well, the system is still functioning as I need it. guess that's all that counts.
 
  


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