I've got my slackware laptop running NFS with my Mandrake desktop as a
client. I can mount the required directory no problem but I seem to have
a problem with the sync of my usernames. My username id on the desktop is
501 but on the laptop it's 1000.... So I have a sync problem ja???

How do I sync usernames?????



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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Hugh Lutley wrote:

> I've got my slackware laptop running NFS with my Mandrake desktop as a
> client. I can mount the required directory no problem but I seem to have
> a problem with the sync of my usernames. My username id on the desktop is
> 501 but on the laptop it's 1000.... So I have a sync problem ja???
> How do I sync usernames?????

normally, you would avoid the problem by using 'adduser' to create a new
user and assign it the appropriate UID, assuming both the name and number
were not already assigned.

you should be able to use find to do most of it, maybe like:
find / -uid ${OLDUID} -exec chown ${NEWUID} {} \;

then edit /etc/passwd to change UID there, the number between the second
and third ':'.

this might seriously piss off any software that maintains it's own
UID database, but idunno.

you could test the idea easily, create dummy user, give it some data,
test UID change and see if it works.

RTFM find and chown for command specifics.
find is a powerful tool and worth the time spent learning it.

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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 22:33:33 +0000, Hugh Lutley
<hugh@richieDELELTETHISBITkotzen.com> wrote:
> How do I sync usernames?????

The easiest way of doing it is to use the same UID on both systems.
Failing that, you need to change each UID in the /etc/passwd file to
the UID of that user on the local machine.


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Hugh Lutley wrote:
> I've got my slackware laptop running NFS with my Mandrake desktop as a
> client. I can mount the required directory no problem but I seem to have
> a problem with the sync of my usernames. My username id on the desktop is
> 501 but on the laptop it's 1000.... So I have a sync problem ja???
>
> How do I sync usernames?????

Evidently you created an user on each distro accepting the defaults.
But the default numbering in each is different so you have a user of the
same name but different UID's.
This is Linux, create on each install user with UID number which YOU
assign so both installs will agree.
Slackware != Mandrake so those little hickups are expected.

Have fun.

Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.

In alt.os.linux.slackware, Hugh Lutley dared to utter,
> How do I sync usernames?????

The only answer you've gotten so far is "manually". There's an easier
way to take care of this using NIS, NYS, or MIS+. These are Unix
servers that send out the user information to other clients. This
allows you to log onto any NIS client using the username and password
that is running on the NIS server. Check the numerous security
vulnerabilities on any of these pieces of software before you deploy
them.

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