On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Nicolas Bercher <nberc...@yahoo.fr> wrote: > On 15/06/2011 21:17, Dan wrote: >> >> Therefore I am just >> going to sync the names between the two machines. To do that I guess >> that I just need to change the file /etc/passwd and /etc/group Should >> I update the names somewhere else? > > If you have data you want to keep under /home/*/ on your various machines, > It'll be a pain the re-affect the correct uid/usernames: changing users uid > when you have multiple users (uid>=1000) could result in a boring task as > you first have to move users to unused uids (say 20000, 20001, etc.) and > then set them to the final uids you want to see on every machine (1000, > 1001, etc.). > > Nicolas
You should also make sure they're not loged in at the time, look for files in /var/spool and /tmp/, etc. Tools such as ssh-agents that live in /tmp/ will wind up with interesting uid issues, and processes that are running and active as that user may have interesting issues as well. *THIS* is why it's so much more robust to set up your uid's and gid's well in advance and consistently across a network, and keep them out of the lower, auto-assigned ranges. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktikd+wko2t2swxhjfcea2gourku...@mail.gmail.com
