Re: [cobalt-security] "own" user

["gerald" <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This type of question begets curiosity so I checked the /etc/passwd on my
Qube2 and found :

nobody:*:YY:YY:Nobody:/:

and

squid:*:16:Squid Cache:/home/squid

What's up with this stuff?  Anyone know?
----- Original Message -----
From: G Eppelin <geppelin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:27 AM
Subject: [cobalt-security] "own" user


> I found this line in my /etc/passwd file:
>
> own:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash
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> Should this extra root user be there or has something really bad happened?
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> G.
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