On 07/03/2011 09:09 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > On 7/3/2011 8:59 PM, JD wrote: >> 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. >> >> > I was assuming that uid shouldn't be changed once committed to a user > (this was from 1980's and may be incorrect now ... or even back then but > I didn't know it)? > Yes you can change UID and GID. I was stating it within the context of user has just installed Linux, and just logged in for the first time. This would be the time to open a terminal (gnome terminal), and su to root and runt the command. You can actually do it at any time, but I thought that you would want the UID and GID to match your other linux distro, so at first login would be a good time to do it. -- 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
