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Drew2016-08-26 16:46:18
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Drew, 2016-08-26 16:46:18

How critical is it for the system to delete the nobody user?

Being on the first steps of studying *nix -s, in a fit of research paranoia, I found the
user nobody in the passwd. I was in a hurry and before I knew that this was a harmless *nix autouser with minimal access rights to open and examine suspicious codes, I demolished this user with the userdel -f command
Question: how critical is it for the system to delete nobody and should I add it immediately Or can I live without it until I need to work with suspicious codes? Does the absence of nobody somehow affect the security of the system on the network?

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Smithson, 2016-08-26
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Любой юзер, кроме root, некритичен.
Максимум возможных у вас проблем - не будут работать сервисы (например, апач любит от имени этого юзера работать). Но это решится их (сервисов) переустановкой.

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