On 12/23/2011 2:47 PM, gene heskett wrote: > I sounded like a good idea, but: > [gene@coyote ~]$ ssh shop > gene@shop's password: > Linux shop 2.6.32-122-rtai #rtai SMP Tue Jul 27 12:44:07 CDT 2010 i686 > GNU/Linux > Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS > > Welcome to Ubuntu! > * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ > > 11 packages can be updated. > 6 updates are security updates. > > Last login: Thu Dec 22 09:38:52 2011 from coyote.coyote.den > gene@shop:~$ sudo useradd -u 500 gene > [sudo] password for gene: > useradd: user 'gene' already exists > > So there isn't an obvious way to make the user numbers match between the > *buntu's and the rest of the world. > > The last time I tried that, I wound up re-installing to fix it. > > Cheers, Gene >
Gene, What about good old vi, or gedit on the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files, changing the uid and gid to what ever you need, then doing a chown -R gene:gene on /home/gene No need to reinstall. Just a little careful editing is all you need. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
