On 20/08/14, Mike Cloaked wrote: > If it is any help my output from the same cat commands is: > > $ sudo cat /etc/passwd | grep uuidd > uuidd:x:68:68:uuidd:/:/usr/bin/nologin > $ sudo cat /etc/shadow | grep uuidd > uuidd:x:14871:::::: > $ sudo cat /etc/group | grep uuidd > uuidd:x:68: > > which indeed suggests that your /etc/group for this uuidd line might have > 68 instead of 997 - but of course your files may have other differences > also. In addition I have /usr/bin/nologin in the passwd file though that > should not matter. > > Did you have any backup copies of the original files before making your > merge changes? Retrieval of the backup copies would at least allow a > comparison to be made before you made the merge. > > -- > mike c Hello Just to note that I fixed this by reading about {g,u}id and some specific stuff for uuid daemon. I aligned the gid from uuidd from the /etc/passwd to the /etc/group after I searched for files and folders created from the uuidd daemon and returned none. [1] [2] Cheers [1]: ~# find / -uid <uuidd-uid from passwd file> [2]: ~# find / -gid <uuidd-gid from passwd file> --