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02-19-2009, 07:34 AM
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Unprivileged user uid
What's the the lowest uid for an unprivileged user 1 or 65535 ????
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02-19-2009, 07:44 AM
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02-19-2009, 08:01 AM
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If you mean what is the lowest UID for a regular user, get the value from /etc/login.defs. Different distro's use different ranges for system and regular users.
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02-19-2009, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by jschiwal
If you mean what is the lowest UID for a regular user, get the value from /etc/login.defs.
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Exactly. Look for UID_MIN. |
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