On Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:14:41 PM yann jautard did opine: > Le 24/12/2011 15:04, gene heskett a écrit : > > 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 > > yeah sudo quit working due to permission problems during the operation. > > This is why you need to create a root password first, and login as root > to make the user modification. > > sudo password root > > then you log off the graphical interface > > switch to terminal (ctrl-F1) > > login as root > > make the modifications > > > go back to the graphical login (ctrl-F7 or F8) then login as your normal > user, and that's all. That is, IIRC, what I did to an older 6.06 LTS install. Things worked passably well, but somehow the root passwords presence messed up sudo, it wouldn't take either pw, so that I had to constantly su - to do things that scripts use su for. So I tried to remove the root pw, then that blew everything up and I had to re-install.
AFAIAC, the buntu's do that to be a PITA, thinking it might add to the many layers of security. Perhaps it does, to an ex winders user, but I am used to machinery that only I have access to, and which do exactly as I tell them too, even if its wrong. :) 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> Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. - Oscar Wilde ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
