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Change GID of a user.

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cibee

cibee

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Dec 15, 2004
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How do I chage the GID of a user?

TIA,
CB
 
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I figured it out.

Change UID/GID in /etc/passwd:
and /etc/group

and run:

find / -user UID -print | xargs -t chown newowner

find / -user GID -print | xargs -t chgrp newgroup

Works for rh/fc2.
 
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