Re: release note suggestion: UID Range Change

2011-11-05 Thread Per Bothner
On 11/05/2011 09:32 AM, drago01 wrote: > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Per Bothner wrote: >> The release notes say: >> "Upgrades from earlier Fedora releases will keep their configuration, >> starting user accounts from 500." >> Might be worth noting that that only user accounts starting at 1000

Re: release note suggestion: UID Range Change

2011-11-05 Thread drago01
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Per Bothner wrote: > The release notes say: > "Upgrades from earlier Fedora releases will keep their configuration, > starting user accounts from 500." > Might be worth noting that that only user accounts starting at 1000 with > be listed in the login screen, > even

Re: release note suggestion: UID Range Change

2011-11-04 Thread Richard Ryniker
>users can renumber user files by: > (1) chown --from OLD_OWNER:OLD_GROUP NEW_OWNER:NEW_GROUP / I think a --recursive option may be needed in the chown command. There are thorns in these bushes. It is not only user and group ids in new systems that must change: this change will upset permissi

release note suggestion: UID Range Change

2011-11-04 Thread Per Bothner
The release notes say: "Upgrades from earlier Fedora releases will keep their configuration, starting user accounts from 500." Might be worth noting that that only user accounts starting at 1000 with be listed in the login screen, even for updates. (Unless that has recently changed.) Might be w