Re: problem running apt-get -b

[Dave Carrigan <dave@rudedog.org>]

Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu> writes:

> I recently changed my user id (faheem) from 1000 to 500. 

You are now userid 500 in /etc/passwd, but the files are still owned by
userid 1000. Changing your userid in /etc/passwd does not change the
ownership of files. Try this:

  find / -user 1000 -print0 | xargs -0 chown 500

You will have to do it as root.

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