In order to be clear: Bug #553746 "Cannot Change User and Group ID" is marked as a duplicate of this one (by Milan, btw), Which is why I'm commenting here.
In the original text for that that bug, it says: > Furthermore, adding a new user gives you no opportunity to set the User ID. And that is what _I_ need: A new user with a specific user ID. (I have to connect to an NFS volume, where my files already pre-exist with a specific user and group ID - 1000 or 1001 just won't cut it) Perhaps my situation isn't relevant for this bug, and I should open a new bug for setting the User ID when creating a new user. But anyway, for my situation, I guess I'll create the new user and group, hand-edit /etc/passwd and /etc/group and then do something like this: sudo find / -o -uid $olduid -print0 | sudo xargs -0 chown $newuid sudo find / -o -uid $oldgid -print0 | sudo xargs -0 chgrp $newgid -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
