<s>
In	O
many	O
Unix	B-Application
variants	O
,	O
"	O
nobody	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
conventional	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
user	B-Application
identifier	I-Application
which	O
owns	O
no	O
files	O
,	O
is	O
in	O
no	O
privileged	O
groups	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
no	O
abilities	O
except	O
those	O
which	O
every	O
other	O
user	O
has	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
has	O
no	O
home	B-Application
directory	I-Application
or	O
login	O
credentials	O
assigned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
once	O
common	O
to	O
run	O
daemons	B-Operating_System
as	O
nobody	O
,	O
especially	O
on	O
servers	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
limit	O
the	O
damage	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
a	O
malicious	O
user	O
who	O
gained	O
control	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
usefulness	O
of	O
this	O
technique	O
is	O
reduced	O
if	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
is	O
run	O
like	O
this	O
,	O
because	O
then	O
gaining	O
control	O
of	O
one	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
would	O
provide	O
control	O
of	O
them	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
practice	O
,	O
as	O
recommended	O
by	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Standard	I-Application
Base	I-Application
,	O
is	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
separate	O
user	O
account	O
for	O
each	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
