SUMMARY: what is the 'unknown' account for?

I modified the subject line to make it more search-able...

I asked

> I recently upgraded a bunch of Solaris10 servers from u3 to u10.  The u10
> update seems to include a new, unused, user name and group.   I am just
> deleting it. Does anyone know if there is a reason for user "unknown" with
> group "unknown" (UID is 96 and GID is also 96).  There is already a nobody,
> nouser, and nobody4...
>

The answer

Its for NFSv4.  Some folks with Sol10_u10 don't have it, some do.  Its
probably not a good idea to nuke it.

Thanks to

Terrie Douglas
Charles E. Rawls
Matthew Stier
Tim Wright
Michael Hocke
Jim Musso

Christopher L. Barnard
-------------------
comment your code as if the maintainer is a homicidal maniac who knows where
you live.