pegasus user name

[mark]

Gerrard Geldenhuis wrote:
> Hi
> I believe you might have been hacked.
> 
> This file specifies the normal ranges/limites for uid's.
> /etc/login.defs
> 
Dunno 'bout that. RH defaults to giving new non-system users 500+ uids.

	mark "let's not talk about creating them as their own group,
		instead of something like users"
> Regards
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
>> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Vivek Mangal
>> Sent: 24 April 2008 06:56
>> To: Red Hat
>> Subject: pegasus user name
>>
>> Hello ALL,
>>
>> I am working on RHEL 4.2
>> Today, when i saw /etc/passwd  file then
>>
>> i saw a pegasus user in the file which have GID 500.
>> (pegasus:x:100:500:tog-pegasus PoenPegasus WBEM/CIM
>> services:/vsr/lib/Pegasus:/sbin/nologin)
>> can u tell me what the uses of this account ?
>> And if its a system user then why it take GID 500 ?
>> and i hav no user which hav 500 UID / GID ?
>>
>> one more thing
>> pppuse have 1001:1001 GID and PID
>> (pppuser:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/pppuser:/usr/sbin/ppplogin)
>> and nfsnobody hav 4294967294:4294967294 GID and PID
>> (nfsnobody:x:4294967294:4294967294:Anonymous NFS
>> User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologin)
>> Both user are system user then why they take more then 500 GID / UID
> ?
>> Please tell me the reason
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