[dumb] trouble after deleting the "nobody" user

kloss · 02-02-2006, 05:16 AM

Ouch... That's most supid thing I've ever done under linux : I ran "deluser --remove-all-files nobody". I thought it was a dummy user I had created for some testing... Now my vpn connection doesn't work anymore. I re-created the user nobody but it did not solve the problem. Which file does "nobody" own on the system?

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Kloss

bulliver · 02-03-2006, 12:51 AM

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Which file does "nobody" own on the system?

Depends. Some servers use nobody and some don't.
Sounds like you need to reinstall your vpn software

kloss · 02-03-2006, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by bulliver

Depends. Some servers use nobody and some don't.
Sounds like you need to reinstall your vpn software

I did... but it did not solve my problem.
Anyway, I've reinstalled the whole OS. Now everything works

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