Re: Changing UID

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green_at_EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: 08/19/05

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    There is no option to change the username.
    You said you wanted to change the userid, which I took to be the number.

    If it's actually the name you want to change you'll have to create a new
    user. You can assign it the same UID as the old one, if you want, and
    perhaps change the name of the old home directory so it uses that. 

    -- 
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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of p n
kumaresh
Sent: 19 August 2005 00:24
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Changing UID
Hi,
     Sorry for not changing the Subject in the
previous  mail....
  can u please tell me what option in chuser will
change the username .....
Thanks & regards
Kumaresh.P.N
--- "Green, Simon" <Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM> wrote:
> 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 {}
> \;
> 
> -- 
> Simon Green							
> Altria ITSC Europe s.a.r.l.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM AIX Discussion List
> [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of p n
> kumaresh
> Sent: 18 August 2005 01:38
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: cfgmgr question
> 
> 
> Hi All,
>  
>         How to change the userid of a existing
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