Re: privileged user in RedHat

On Sun, 01 Sep 2024 14:50:18 -0400, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:

On 9/1/24 02:29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

I think it’s configurable.

Yep.
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It's been configurable on every system that I've cared to look at in the
last 25 years.
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System defaults are usually quite sufficient.

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As far as the kernel is concerned, there is only one 'special' userid,
zero, which denotes the root user.

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The question was not about privileged as far as the kernel is concerned, but
about privileged user's on redhat linux systems.
In a redhat linux system, login.defs defines the uid min/max for system users,
which are the only users that are allowed (have the privilege) to increase the
priority of their processes.
Regards, Dave Hodgins