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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:02:49 +0200 Arnau Bria <arnau@×××××××××.net> |
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> I'd like to change cyrus id from currently to 120. |
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Why's that? You will at least bork the existing files to a degree that |
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they can't be automatically uninstalled by emerge anymore. |
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> I tried usermod, but cyrus files didn't change its owner. |
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No, usermod & Co only modify the authentication db, i.e. /etc/passwd. |
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> could someone explain which is the way of changing user id and that |
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> user doesn't lose its files? |
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A subsequent run of |
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find / -user <olduid> -exec chown cyrus '{}' \; |
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(as root, of course) should suffice. I don't see a way to do this |
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atomically with the UID change. |
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Note that your backups will probably still carry the old UID, keep that |
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in mind for the case you need to restore them. |
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-hwh |
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