On Mon,11.May.09, 22:27:57, Elmer E. Dow wrote:
>> I usually (rightly or wrongly) vim /etc/passwd, then find / -uid 500 -exec
>> chmod 1000 "{}" \; and maybe the same if I have to change the gid.
> Let me see if I understand this correctly. Here's what it appears to me
> that I should do.
>
> First I"ll use vipw to edit /etc/passwd and vipw -s to edit the
> shadowfile to change the uid.
> Then edit with vigr and vigr -s /etc/group and the shadow file to
> change the gid.
>
> Now to change files out in the system:
>
> find / -uid 500 -exec chmod 1000 "{}" \
>
> Find files with a uid of 500 and execute the command chmod to change
> the uid to 1001 (I'm 1000, so my daughter will be 1001).
>
> And finally to change the files with a gid of 500 to 1001:
>
> find / -gid 500 -exec chmod 1001 "{}" \Sorry, but the 'chmod' is definitely wrong. You probably want 'chown' (and do read the manpage first). Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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