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From: jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
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Subject: UID of nobody in /etc/passwd
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Date: 27 Aug 90 18:39:51 GMT
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As far as I know (and as far as the documentation knows also), the UID for
nobody (for NFS) should be (-2) or 65534, but under A/UX (1.1 AND 2.0), it's
set up as 60001... why is this. I recall trying to reset it to 65534 under
1.1, but it would "reset itself" after some period of time back to 60001.

Any comments?
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           Jim Jagielski                    NASA/GSFC, Code 711.1
     jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov               Greenbelt, MD 20771

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