how many damn users come pre-installed on intrepid???

**graysky** · February 20th, 2009

I just did looked at my /etc/passwd and noticed there are 32 users not counting the two that I added. Can others confirm this?

**ajgreeny** · February 20th, 2009

Ha-ha! I've got 33. Don't worry about it because it's sems to be quite normal and includes a lot of system users, as far as I can make out. They are not all normal users who could log in, or at least, I assume not, as they presumably have no password. Interesting to see, nonetheless, and I wonder how many other ubuntu users have.

**cariboo** · February 20th, 2009

You should have a look at /etc/shadow, this will tell you which users have passwords, there should only be users you have set up. You'll need to be root to see the output:

Code:

sudo cat /etc/shadow

Jim

**gombadi** · February 20th, 2009

No damn users here

Code:

human@zagbot:~/down$ grep -c damn /etc/passwd
0

sorry Friday afternoon - couldn't resist

**pirate_tux** · February 20th, 2009

Originally Posted by gombadi

No damn users here

Code:

human@zagbot:~/down$ grep -c damn /etc/passwd
0

sorry Friday afternoon - couldn't resist

lol

**jerome1232** · February 20th, 2009

Originally Posted by gombadi

No damn users here

Code:

human@zagbot:~/down$ grep -c damn /etc/passwd
0

sorry Friday afternoon - couldn't resist

That was good lol, on another note if you look at /etc/passwd you'll notice most of those system users have a shell of /bin/false or if you look at /etc/shadow you'll notice those system users all have passwords that start with * or ! meaning they are locked and cannot be used to login.