nivlac, 'nobody' is a poor choice: the intended use of user 'nobody'
(and group 'nogroup') is for NFS.

If daemons start using 'nobody' (or 'nogroup') then they can interfere
with the proper operation of NFS or other daemons that also use 'nobody'
(or 'nogroup').

Thanks

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