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| From | Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Why do UID values of system users matter? |
| Date | 2019-08-17 00:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <yvSJH-Vj-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <yvRXj-mJ-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 2:28 PM Steffen Dettmer <steffen.dettmer@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > just for my curiosity I wonder why the numeric UID values matter at all, > for example: > > > I believe file ownership is tracked by numeric UID rather than user name. So, for example, if you multi-boot, a file owned by user 500 in one system will be owned by user 500 on every other system, even if it does not correspond to the same user name. That's been my experience anyway, and an occasional issue. dan
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Why do UID values of system users matter? Steffen Dettmer <steffen.dettmer@gmail.com> - 2019-08-16 23:30 +0200
Re: Why do UID values of system users matter? Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> - 2019-08-17 00:20 +0200
Re: Why do UID values of system users matter? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-08-17 00:30 +0200
Re: Why do UID values of system users matter? Steffen Dettmer <steffen.dettmer@gmail.com> - 2019-08-17 04:20 +0200
Re: Why do UID values of system users matter? Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-08-17 05:10 +0200
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Re: Why do UID values of system users matter? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-19 20:00 +0200
Re: Why do UID values of system users matter? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-17 06:50 +0200
Re: Why do UID values of system users matter? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-19 15:30 +0200
Re: Why do UID values of system users matter? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-19 19:30 +0200
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