The system uses the underlying user ids to identify files rather than the user names. Run ls -ln to see the ids instead of the names.
Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, B. Dragoo wrote: > Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:37:59 -0800 (PST) > From: B. Dragoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ernest Johanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Redhat to Debian: migrating a multi-user server > > > --- Ernest Johanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > > One idea might be to do a search and replace on the > > passwd file, placing a > > 1 (or 2, etc) in front of the existing user id. That > > would necessitate > > changing the ids on the user's files. I had a > > similar situation and wrote > > a Perl script to read the passwd file and change the > > ownership, > > permissions, etc. It would need to be tweaked a > > little, but if you want I > > can send it to you. > > I would love to take a look at your script. But I > have one question: why do the IDs on the users' files > need to be changed? It seems that files are owned and > permissioned to user _names_ not uids. If for example > a file is owned by a user named "luser", after > debianizing his redhat uid from 550 to 1550, that file > would still be owned by the same username, even though > his uid has changed, and nothing further would have to > be done. Am I wrong? > > Thanks for your response, > Belloc > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ >
