Hello Michael, Ian and everyone else, On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Michael Cronenworth <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > suvayu ali wrote: >> I see that usermod can do this[1], but I'm not sure if there will be >> conflicts with existing files after the change. > > If you are using plain authentication and not something like LDAP you > can use usermod and edit groups with groupmod. You can manually edit > /etc/passwd or /etc/group, but you will have to manually run "chown" > across all files with the old UID/GID to update them to the new UID/GID. > > After you make the GID change you will have to change the ownership of > your home to match the new GID: > > # chgrp -R group /home/user > > (per the groupmod[1] man page) > > Also, delete any /tmp files with your old UID and chown files outside of > /home. (per the usermod[2] man page) > > # chown -R user:group /opt/foo/dir > > [1] Any files that have the old group ID and must continue to belong to > GROUP, must have their group ID changed manually. > [2] The ownership of files outside of the user´s home directory must be > fixed manually. The systems in question are my laptop and my desktop with me and a test user, and a few removable storage devices. Thanks for all the possible solutions, and the warnings. I think I'll skip it unless its absolutely necessary for some reason. Thanks a lot. :) -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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
