On 7 October 2011 19:31, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/07/2011 02:17 AM, JD wrote: >> Thanx. >> A good point. >> I wish the upgrade process would >> actually prompt the user for performing >> such steps. > > I'm replying to this twice, and changing the subject here because I > didn't want to (completely) hijack the thread. What I'd like to ask is, > how important is it to change your UID/GID for F16 and what would happen > if you just left everything the way it was? I doubt that I'm the only > person wondering this, and I think we'd all be better off if we knew > just what risks we'd be running if we decided not to bother. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/1000SystemAccounts "Because /etc/login.defs is %config(noreplace), upgrades will retain the boundary value 500, and nothing should break." I read this as saying if upgrading you'll be fine. If reinstalling and retaining 'home' you can either set the boundary back to 500 or update UIDs in home. -- imalone -- 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