deleted user nobody

Restore the directory /var/db/dslocal from the backup you made before carrying out this strange experiment, or from the file dslocal-backup.xar in the parent directory. Then reboot.

Michael Bowyer wrote:

While investigating another problem, I foolishly deleted the user "nobody" in the terminal. Should I recreate it, or not bother? If yes, what are the other account details for "nobody" please?

dscacheutil -q user

indicates:

name: nobody

password: *

uid: -2

gid: -2

dir: /var/empty

shell: /usr/bin/false

gecos: Unprivileged User