Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2407 mails)

[wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx (Jonathan Wilson)]

Howdy,

At the moment I'm working on securing a SusE 6.4 box, and I'm wondering 
about the user "nobody"
I see that it has /bin/bash set as a login shell, and If I try to login 
with ssh from another host, it does indeed want a valid password.

What is the default password?

What is this user really for?

What will it break if I remove the user, or change the password (do any 
daemons or programs se it?)?

Does it need a shell? I see it has no home.

If no, can I set the shell to /bin/true (or should that be /bin/false)?

later,

                JW


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