Is it possible to set a password for the user nobody?

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elisey4742015-05-09 12:58:20

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elisey474, 2015-05-09 12:58:20

One person confused me. Says they say you can not password-protect the user nobody in Ubuntu. Is he right?

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Konkase, 2015-05-09
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Can

[[email protected] /]# grep ^nobody /etc/shadow
nobody:$6$Pe4NG5oN$ELfS5OvsJoQaU0Iz41fhVZhDcgg6lXUi2lwvo17T1iCkvJRS1PC0/jokOxcsCn91gQ0ki9B5TN1lX4qKKFguk.:16564:0:99999:7:::

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Vlad Zhivotnev, 2015-05-09
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Physically, you can.
Theoretically - you should not do this, it harms the security of the system.