On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Dale Scheetz wrote: > The major problem I see is re-mapping users to their new ids, and > re-mapping the id numbers on every file in the file system to the new ID > scheme. Isn't this the same problem that currently exists between NSF > mounts on machines with different numberins schemes? The fact that this > would, for the most part, remove some of these major problems in these > side areas, and the benefits may outway the work of conversion.
It may, but I'd like to see how. > Can you be more specific about where you see the "hard" part of this > migration? I admit to being less than aware of all the details involved, > and only have a vague idea of the ramifications. Having to do a find and chown() across the entire system would take a noticeable amount of time, and I don't want to start doing that unless there is a real benefit to doing so. I'd love to know how debian has handled uid changes in the past. Erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | "For the next two hours, VH1 will be filled with foul-mouthed, | | crossdressing Australians. Viewer discretion is advised." | | | | Linux Application Development -- http://www.redhat.com/~johnsonm/lad |
