Cannot log in user on new FC6 install

[Dotan Cohen]

On 08/03/07, Mark Haney <mhaney at ercbroadband.org> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I've just replaced Kubuntu with FC6 on my desktop machine: 1.3 gHz
> > Duron processor with 1GB RAM. My /home partition from Kubuntu was not
> > formated, / was. I used the same username on both machines. When I try
> > to log in, I get a message that permision is denied, and that the
> > system cannot create ~/.gnome2 directory. The /home/user directory is
> > set to permissions 644 and both the group and owner are 'user', so I
> > don't see why it can't create the directory. When I log into the
> > console as root, I can cd into /home/user. However, when I log in as
> > user I as put into / and I cannot cd into /home/user.
> >
> > What must I do?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
> >
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> >
> >
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> >
> Just off the top of my head it sounds like the username may be the same
> but I bet the UID isn't the same,  which is what really matters.  If you
> know the UID of the old username in Kubuntu, you can either change your
> new username in /etc/passwd to the same uid or change the uid in /home
> to match the new uid of the username.  Got all that?  :)
>
>

Thanks, Mark. I think that [k]Ubuntu user uid's starting with 1000,
whereas RH uses uid's starting with 500. So wha you say sounds
logical. As I intend on staying with FC, I'd like to keep the uid 500.
How can I change the uid in /home to 500? Is it a simple "chown 500
/home/user"? I'm asking before I try to prevent myself from doing
damage.

Thanks.

Dotan Cohen

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