[ale] Changing UID of a user

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Sun May 7 14:43:37 EDT 2006


Ryan Fish wrote:
> Is changing the UID of a user as simple as setting it to the new value in
> /etc/passwd, saving the file then using chown to update ownership on the
> affected files/directories?

Yes

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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security will deserve neither and lose both.  - Benjamin Franklin



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