Re: Migrating user accounts from F14 to F17

On 10/07/2012 09:49 AM, Klaatu wrote: >> On 10/06/2012 09:02 PM, Klaatu wrote: >>> I'd try something like: >>> >>> su -c 'usermod --uid 1000 username' >>> >>> -klaatu >>> >>>> Everyone: >>>> >>>> I hadn't been paying close enough attention, obviously. Turns out that >>>> sometime between F14 and F17, user accounts are supposed to have UIDs >>>> of 1000 or higher. But all mine were in the 500s. >>>> >>>> Now, I created them all right. I gave them legitimate Unix names. I >>>> can even make Samba users out of some of them. But I can't see them >>>> in the Users and Groups section. Nor could I make them admins in the >>>> "Create User" dialog. I had to create another user, a dummy user, >>>> just to have someone with admin privileges. >>>> >>>> What is the most elegant solution? Must I create all new accounts and >>>> migrate the contents of my home directories from one user to another? >>>> (And do a recursive chown on all of them as I work?) Or is there >>>> another way to achieve the goal of having user accounts with decent >>>> UIDs? (Short of setting up another box, that is. And even that is >>>> problematic: I can't seem to get Samba to work properly as a server, >>>> though I made it work well enough as a client.) >>>> >>>> Temlakos >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kde mailing list >>>> kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org >>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde >>>> New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org >>> >>> - klaatu >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kde mailing list >>> kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org >>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde >>> New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org >> >> Klaatu: >> >> I just tried that on the user account I could best afford to lose. It >> worked. I can still log into it, but now it's visible in Users and >> Groups. >> >> Now: I know how to move that dummy user "out of the way" temporarily, to >> make room for my main user account. (I'd probably want to log in as >> someone else when I did that.) But: how do I vest "administrative >> privileges" in an existing user? And how do I modify a group? Is >> "groupmod" the appropriate command? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Temlakos > > Groupmod would allow you to change gid's, so i'm not sure if that's what > you want. > > You probably want more usermod. To make user klaatu's primary group > "klaatu", and to append supplementary group memberships - like wheel, > most significantly for admin powers: > > usermod -g klaatu --append -G wheel,foo,bar klaatu > > I think that should do it. > > - klaatu > _______________________________________________ > kde mailing list > kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org The "wheel" group is one of the most valuable additions to Linux. If you create your first user and check the Admin box, the installer makes that first user a member of "wheel" and "dialout." Now I can understand "wheel." But "dialout"? Anyway, I added my main account to "wheel" and "dialout." Once I did that, that main account had admin privileges. And even sudo privileges, which I have sought for a long time. Now maybe someone can tell me what privileges come with membership in the "dialout" group. Temlakos _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org\