questions about /etc/shadow

[m.roth2006 at rcn.com]

>Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 01:03:32 +1000 (EST)
>From: tech user <techwww at yahoo.com.cn>  
>
>--- Rajesh kanna <tr_rajeshkanna at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> nobody:*:13785:0:99999:7:::   -->  represents system account 
>> 
>> dbus:!!:13785:0:99999:7:::      --> represents service account 
>> 
>
>Thanks.
>what's the difference between a system account and a service account?

Root, or techwww, are system accounts. apache, or nobody, or rpc, or ntp, are service accounts, not something anyone logs in to.

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