Fresh install Fedora 10 X86_64 problems

[Stephen Berg (Contractor)]

Jim wrote:
> m wrote:
>> Jim wrote:
>>> Tim wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 19:46 -0400, Jim wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>> How would i write down sequence of each USER, so this won't happen
>>>>> next time I upgrade this  Box ??
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>> ls -n /home
>>>>
>>>> See the user and group numbers instead of names?  Use the same numbers
>>>> when creating new users.  You can manually pick numbers when you 
>>>> create
>>>> new users, or if the IDs all go upwards sequentially from 500, simply
>>>> create the first user who has ID 500, then create the next user and
>>>> they'll get the next highest number, you just have to pick the 
>>>> names in
>>>> the right sequence.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>> Right now the first number doesn't start at 500, it starts at 502.
>>> How do you manully put the numbers in as you add users:groups ?
>>>
>> man useradd , its the -u option as I recall.
>>
>> or
>>
>> you can specify it in the GUI for Users and Groups.
>>
> Thanks very much for the info.
>
> Jim
>
Or make a copy of /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/shadow before the 
upgrade.  Then you can cut/paste all the pertinent info into those files 
after the upgrade so the users get the same UID, GID and password.

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