SUMMARY: Changing the UID and GID

From: Praveen Patle <ppatletru64_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:40:44 -0700 (PDT)

Hello:

Thanks to all those who replied.
As usual, I got a lot of replies.

Everybody seems to be on consensus that I do have to
change the Username and Group of the files manually
after I change the UID and GID.

Regards,
Praveen

>
> Hello Tru64 Managers:
>
> I want to change the UID and GID of some of the
> accounts and groups on our system.
>
> If I go into the dxaccounts and change the UID and
> GID, I face a problem during the listing of files.
> If
> the file is created by the user but with old UID and
> GID, the "ls -lrt" shows me the old UID and GID,
> instead of the username and groupname.
>
> Is there a way to show the Username and Groupname
> while using "ls -lrt" instead of UID and GID, after
> I
> change the UID and GID of those user accounts.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Praveen



        
                
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