Re: Changing UID's?
On (22/06/03 19:13), cr wrote:
> On Sunday 22 June 2003 00:21, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > On (20/06/03 21:36), cr wrote:
[snip]
> >
> > > However, it would be more sensible I think if I was User 500 in both
> > > systems. Is there any safe legal way to change my UID from 1000 to 500?
> > > Or, failing that, can I do it by using 'adduser' to create a new user,
> > > say 'cr2', as user 500, then when I've got 'cr2' properly set up and
> > > everything works, delete user 'cr' (with UID 1000) and rename user 'cr2'
> > > to 'cr'.
> > >
> > > And, more importantly, are there any hidden snags in any of the above
> > > which will crash my whole system or lock me out of it?
> >
> > Have a look at man usermod and man adduser (group) - It would be worth
> > creating a new user on both systems with the same UID and GID and use that
> > account to rearrange everything. Don't forget, if you're using samba, to
> > change smbpasswd.
>
> That was easy! 8)
>
> Thanks! usermod was just what I needed. Edited /etc/group by hand
> then changed UID with usermod.
>
> My old copy of 'Using Linux' doesn't seem to mention it (or if it does, I
> missed it).
>
You're welcome. Have a look at "Linux Desk Reference" by Scott Hawkins -
it was the first Linux book I bought as a newbie last year and it has
been invaluable ;)
Clive
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