Right, Derrick. Good advice.
But, if you do mix up users, or if the distro starts the UID numbering
sequence differently (as in RH vs Mandrake, 500 vs 501), you can
'handedit' the /etc/passwd file.
Terry Smith
Cape Cod USA
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 13:01, Derek Jennings wrote:
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002
On Sunday 17 Nov 2002 5:11 pm, Terry Smith wrote:
Right, Derrick. Good advice.
But, if you do mix up users, or if the distro starts the UID numbering
sequence differently (as in RH vs Mandrake, 500 vs 501), you can
'handedit' the /etc/passwd file.
How?
Anne
Want to buy your Pack or
Anne,
Here's a snippet from my RH 8.0 /etc/passwd file:
...
pvm:x:24:24::/usr/share/pvm3:/bin/bash
radvd:x:75:75:radvd user:/:/bin/false
terry:x:501:501:Terry Smith:/home/terry:/bin/bash
.
The last line is associated with user 'terry' and includes
the user name:whether the user employs
Thanks, Terry. That's worth filing for reference :-)
Anne
On Sunday 17 Nov 2002 6:34 pm, Terry Smith wrote:
Anne,
Here's a snippet from my RH 8.0 /etc/passwd file:
...
pvm:x:24:24::/usr/share/pvm3:/bin/bash
radvd:x:75:75:radvd user:/:/bin/false
terry:x:501:501:Terry
When installing v.9.0 I considered sharing the existing /home directory,
which I was told is possible. However, I then realised that I would be
likely to cause version conflicts in the various dot file/directories unless
I registered as a different user. Then I considered what I would have to
Anne Wilson wrote:
When installing v.9.0 I considered sharing the existing /home directory,
which I was told is possible. However, I then realised that I would be
likely to cause version conflicts in the various dot file/directories unless
I registered as a different user. Then I considered
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:47:42 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anne Wilson wrote:
When installing v.9.0 I considered sharing the existing /home directory,
which I was told is possible. However, I then realised that I would be
likely to cause version conflicts in the
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 21:43, Anne Wilson wrote:
When installing v.9.0 I considered sharing the existing /home directory,
which I was told is possible. However, I then realised that I would be
likely to cause version conflicts in the various dot file/directories unless
I registered as a
On Saturday 16 Nov 2002 6:01 pm, you wrote:
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:47:42 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anne Wilson wrote:
When installing v.9.0 I considered sharing the existing /home directory,
which I was told is possible. However, I then realised that I would be
