On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 16:50, Øyvind Lode 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. If you do that you will need to run a script that searches out UIDs and GIDs across the system and change them to the new numbers. When editing /etc/passwd you should use vipw. Use vigr to edit the group file. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx UFOs are for real: the Air Force doesn't exist.
