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Old 04-24-2012
Changing uid value
Hi,
I want to change user id gefadm ,uid=0(root) gid=0(root) to uid=16649(isaadmin) gid=16284(dstage),
how can i change this uid ,gid one value to another value.
Please provide the steps how can i change , uid=0(root) gid=0(root) to uid=16649(isaadmin) gid=16284(dstage).
Thanks in advance for all your support.
Last edited by sridhardwh; 04-24-2012 at 01:11 AM..
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Old 04-24-2012
usermod uid ## gid## username
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Old 04-24-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by coolboys
usermod uid ## gid## username

Thanks for your info.
To use this command,we must login as root user?
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