user nobody is not meant to treated as an actual user. however you should be able to "enable" it by chaning it's shell in /etc/passwd:
nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin becomes nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/bin/bash _________________________________ daniel a. g. quinn starving programmer no dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by the force of arms forever. there is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. against that power governments, and tyrants, and armies can not stand. the centauri learned this lesson once. we will teach it to them again. though it take a thousand years, we will be free. - g'kar, babylon 5 "the long, twilight struggle" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ping Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:17 PM Subject: how to make 'nobody' user available? | Good afternoon, | | I need to use 'nobody' user to test my CGI program. But I got an error | message like | | nobody account is currently not available | | Does anyone have an idea? Could you please give me a hand? Thank you | very much for your help. | | | Ping | | | | -- | redhat-list mailing list | unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe | https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list | -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
