modify UID

[j773303]

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 · Accepted solution]

Hi

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

Thanks & Regards

Ramesh

[d_bachelor01]

Hi,

usermod -u uid loginname

Regards,
-jef

[A. Clay Stephenson]

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]

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