Re: [fedora] UIDs and GIDs

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• Subject: Re: [fedora] UIDs and GIDs
• From: Rahul Sundaram <rahulsundaram@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 03:35:19 +0530
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:50:39 +0100, Øyvind Lode <o-lode@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi
> 
> if i manually edit UIDs and GIDs in /etc/passwd, /etc/group will that cause
> any problems?
> for instance if i have a user with UID and GID of 515/515 and then change it
> to 510/510.

shouldnt be a problem as long as you make sure you chown all files
associated related with the particular ids again




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Regards,
Rahul Sundaram

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