Hi, > Wheh I am on the net (with netscape 3.04) my disk suddenly begins > thrashing. A look at top shows a "find / ( -fstype" under user:nobody. > The rather extensive find explains the disk thrashing, but who is > nobody, > and how do I tell him to knock it off. This has happened twice on two > consecutive days. Many thanks.
I think that you can safely ignore the "nobody" user. :) "Nobody" is a user that most if not all UN*X systems have. However, it "nobody" is not a login account, meaning that no one should be able to logon as "nobody." The only way to use the "nobody" account is via a setuid call or via an su. Basically what is happening is that the cron daemon (daemon to execute scheduled commands) is running some commands that use the "find" command. >From what I can tell, the /etc/cron.daily/find file is what cron is running everyday on your system and everyone elses Debian system, including mine. I hope that this answers your question. :) -Ossama -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
