> On 10/07/2012 09:49 AM, Klaatu wrote: > >> On 10/06/2012 09:02 PM, Klaatu wrote: > >>> I'd try something like: > >>> > >>> su -c 'usermod --uid 1000 username' > >>> > >>> -klaatu > >>> > >>>> Everyone: > >>>> > >>>> I hadn't been paying close enough attention, obviously. Turns out that > >>>> sometime between F14 and F17, user accounts are supposed to have UIDs > >>>> of 1000 or higher. But all mine were in the 500s. > >>>> > >>>> Now, I created them all right. I gave them legitimate Unix names. I > >>>> can even make Samba users out of some of them. But I can't see them > >>>> in the Users and Groups section. Nor could I make them admins in the > >>>> "Create User" dialog. I had to create another user, a dummy user, > >>>> just to have someone with admin privileges. > >>>> > >>>> What is the most elegant solution? Must I create all new accounts and > >>>> migrate the contents of my home directories from one user to another? > >>>> (And do a recursive chown on all of them as I work?) Or is there > >>>> another way to achieve the goal of having user accounts with decent > >>>> UIDs? (Short of setting up another box, that is. And even that is > >>>> problematic: I can't seem to get Samba to work properly as a server, > >>>> though I made it work well enough as a client.) > >>>> > >>>> Temlakos > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> kde mailing list > >>>> kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde > >>>> New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org > >>> > >>> - klaatu > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> kde mailing list > >>> kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde > >>> New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org > >> > >> Klaatu: > >> > >> I just tried that on the user account I could best afford to lose. It > >> worked. I can still log into it, but now it's visible in Users and > >> Groups. > >> > >> Now: I know how to move that dummy user "out of the way" temporarily, to > >> make room for my main user account. (I'd probably want to log in as > >> someone else when I did that.) But: how do I vest "administrative > >> privileges" in an existing user? And how do I modify a group? Is > >> "groupmod" the appropriate command? > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> > >> Temlakos > > > > Groupmod would allow you to change gid's, so i'm not sure if that's what > > you want. > > > > You probably want more usermod. To make user klaatu's primary group > > "klaatu", and to append supplementary group memberships - like wheel, > > most significantly for admin powers: > > > > usermod -g klaatu --append -G wheel,foo,bar klaatu > > > > I think that should do it. > > > > - klaatu > > _______________________________________________ > > kde mailing list > > kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde > > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org > > The "wheel" group is one of the most valuable additions to Linux. If you > create your first user and check the Admin box, the installer makes that > first user a member of "wheel" and "dialout." Now I can understand > "wheel." But "dialout"? > > Anyway, I added my main account to "wheel" and "dialout." Once I did > that, that main account had admin privileges. And even sudo privileges, > which I have sought for a long time. Now maybe someone can tell me what > privileges come with membership in the "dialout" group. > > Temlakos > _______________________________________________ > kde mailing list > kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org\ I could be wrong, but I think dialout is about modems and faxes and stuff. Maybe someone else knows better, but I think it's probably safe to leave your users out of that group unless you actually do use PPP and so on. - klaatu _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
