SUMMARY: Changing the UID and GID

From: Praveen Patle (ppatletru64_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/10/04

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    Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:40:44 -0700 (PDT)
To: tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov

    Hello:

    Thanks to all those who replied.
    As usual, I got a lot of replies.

    Everybody seems to be on consensus that I do have to
    change the Username and Group of the files manually
    after I change the UID and GID.

    Regards,
    Praveen

    >
    > Hello Tru64 Managers:
    >
    > I want to change the UID and GID of some of the
    > accounts and groups on our system.
    >
    > If I go into the dxaccounts and change the UID and
    > GID, I face a problem during the listing of files.
    > If
    > the file is created by the user but with old UID and
    > GID, the "ls -lrt" shows me the old UID and GID,
    > instead of the username and groupname.
    >
    > Is there a way to show the Username and Groupname
    > while using "ls -lrt" instead of UID and GID, after
    > I
    > change the UID and GID of those user accounts.
    >
    > Thanks a lot.
    >
    > Praveen

            
                    
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