Changing UID

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green_at_EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: 08/18/05

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    Please do not re-use an existing subject! It's confusing and annoying. If
    people don't realise that it's a new subject they may well ignore it.

    You can change the user ID with the chuser command, as with any other user
    attribute.
    However, ownership of files is determined by the UID, and they will NOT be
    changed. (UID number is what's in the directory: /etc/passwd just provides
    a cross-reference used by some commands.) You'll have to go through your
    system and find all files owned by the old UID and change them to the new
    one.

    e.g. find / -user <old UID> -exec chown username {} \; 

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Hi All,
 
        How to change the userid of a existing userid
in AIX.
Thanks & regards
Kumaresh.P.N
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