Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:56:23 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sharing a mail folder between Linux and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20130122095623.58727237@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <1358818271.3045.66.camel@precise> References: <1358811229.2031.60.camel@precise> <20130122073125.459ad795@X220.ovitrap.com> <1358816032.3045.53.camel@precise> <20130122081804.5569d38c@X220.ovitrap.com> <1358818271.3045.66.camel@precise>
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Hi, On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:31:11 +0100 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 08:18 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > I guess it would be possible to change the id for the existing > > > FreeBSD user and then to chown /home/user_name to fit to 1000? > > > > Of course, this would work. But then all existing files of the > > existing FreeBSD would be without owner. > > The current user is: rocketmouse > The uid is : 1001 > > Isn't it possible to change the uid to 1000? > This would cause that the owner wouldn't be rocketmouse anymore, but > still 1001. I then could run chown -R for /home/rocketmouse to switch > from 1001 to back to rocketmouse = new uid 1000. > > Or another idea would be to create a new user with the uid 1000 and > then to add rocketmouse to the group of this user. I guess this is > what you already recommended. yes, this is what I would do. Erich
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