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How to change user id (672 to 673) in NIS users (Through command)

 
yogesh kumar_2
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How to change user id (672 to 673) in NIS users (Through command)

Hi,

My problem is already a user is having user id 672.The same user id 672 is assigned to me.So i want to know how to change user id from 672 to 673 in NIS users.(How to change in commands)

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yogi
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Alexander Chuzhoy
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Re: How to change user id (672 to 673) in NIS users (Through command)

On the nis master run:
usermod -u
This will change the uid of the user.
Then propogate the change to the NIS domain:
cd /var/yp
make



Dennis Handly
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Re: How to change user id (672 to 673) in NIS users (Through command)

After you change the user ID, you'll have to do a find and chown to change the ownership to the new ID.
Steven E. Protter
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Re: How to change user id (672 to 673) in NIS users (Through command)

Shalom,

change /etc/passwd on the NIS master

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Re: How to change user id (672 to 673) in NIS users (Through command)

yogesh kumar_2
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Re: How to change user id (672 to 673) in NIS users (Through command)

Thank u to all. I got the solution