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william7

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Registered: 2008-06-18

Posts: 32

/home for arch & debian - problem with uid

Damn it,
My arch user (william) have uid 500
and today I installed debian and mount /home partition and I add user with this same name as user from arch ( I would like have this same settings for all programs)

but debian user has uid 1000 and now I can't open my home/william directory...

Question is simple: How set again that /home/william is directory for william with uid 500 ( arch william)...?

RedShift

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-07-16

Posts: 230

Re: /home for arch & debian - problem with uid

Remove the user on either arch or debian and recreate the user, and when it asks for which UID/GID to use, make sure you match those on debian or arch.

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william7

Member

Registered: 2008-06-18

Posts: 32

Re: /home for arch & debian - problem with uid

ok, but when I remove user - the user directory will be dalated...?

ekerazha

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Registered: 2007-02-27

Posts: 290

Re: /home for arch & debian - problem with uid

ok, but when I remove user - the user directory will be dalated...?

Usage: userdel [options] LOGIN

Options:
  -f, --force            force removal of files, even if not owned by user
  -h, --help            display this help message and exit
  -r, --remove            remove home directory and mail spool

kdorf

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From: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Registered: 2008-06-30

Posts: 17

Re: /home for arch & debian - problem with uid

Instead of doing that, just change Arch's /etc/passwd file and edit the user william.

It should look similar to this

william:x:500:500:(may be something here, may not be):/home/william:/bin/bash

change it to be

william:x:1000:<default gid>:(may be something here, may not be):/home/william:/bin/bash

The 3rd field should be the new UID you want (1000), the 4th should be the default group ID, and the 5th should be your name (or a comment)

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: /home for arch & debian - problem with uid

man usermod, look for the -u/--uid option (and -g/--gid, if necessary).