On 07/03/2011 08:38 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > On 7/3/2011 6:43 PM, 夜神 岩男 wrote: >> [...] >> >> Fedora doesn't care if you have a UID much >> higher than 500, but Debian does care if your UID is lower than 1000 (in >> fact, the man page for "useradd" on Fedora even says that 1000 is the >> standard, Fedora just doesn't actually follow that). >> >> > [scratching head in bewilderment ...] > > This seems like at least a documentation bug as the headache of a change > between versions sounds too grim > > You suggest using useradd with explicit number rather than default or > the gui. How does one get around the initial user that the Fedora > install packages needs created? Or does one create a scratch there, use > useradd for a real user, and delete the scratch? How about just modifying the user's uid gid (while su'ed to root): usermod -u NEW-UID -g NEW-GID LoginName chown -R NEW-UID.NEW-GID ~LoginName exit su shell Log out and log back in. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
