On 7/3/2011 9:19 PM, JD wrote: > 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. > Yes, intent would be to do it immediately after install with first login. I asked the question outside of that context as I wanted to be clear on changing UID and GID anytime Thanks, Paul -- 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
