topic Re: modify UID in Operating System - HP-UX

modify UID

j773303 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:00:36 GMT

I've 2 servers and the user UID not the same.
Any other command or tools can quickly modify the UID for the same? Thanks for the advise.

Ramesh S — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:17:02 GMT

Hi

"usermod" is the command to change the UID fo user.

Thanks & Regards

Ramesh

d_bachelor01 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:21:01 GMT

Hi,

usermod -u uid loginname

Regards,
-jef

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:51:13 GMT

Bear in mind that you will probably also have to do a find with -exec to chown any files owned by this user. Man find for details.

Avishay_Cohen — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:33:15 GMT

hello,
yes... the files are still using the old uid number so you should run:
find / -user oldUID -exec chown newUID {} \;
avishay