On Saturday, December 24, 2011 09:00:31 AM Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine:
> On 12/23/2011 2:47 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > I sounded like a good idea, but: > > [gene@coyote ~]$ ssh shop > > gene@shop's password: > > Linux shop 2.6.32-122-rtai #rtai SMP Tue Jul 27 12:44:07 CDT 2010 i686 > > GNU/Linux > > Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS > > > > Welcome to Ubuntu! > > > > * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ > > > > 11 packages can be updated. > > 6 updates are security updates. > > > > Last login: Thu Dec 22 09:38:52 2011 from coyote.coyote.den > > gene@shop:~$ sudo useradd -u 500 gene > > [sudo] password for gene: > > useradd: user 'gene' already exists > > > > So there isn't an obvious way to make the user numbers match between > > the *buntu's and the rest of the world. > > > > The last time I tried that, I wound up re-installing to fix it. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Gene, > > What about good old vi, or gedit on the /etc/passwd and /etc/group > files, changing the uid and gid to what ever you need, then doing a > chown -R gene:gene on /home/gene > > No need to reinstall. Just a little careful editing is all you need. > > Mark I did something like that, including the chown -R back on 8.04 and had to reinstall. Among other things, sudo quit working so I couldn't fix the rest of the perms problems that created. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> (null cookie; hope that's ok) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
