Bug 6730 - id of 1000 for user account (was: Impossible to write to other distros from and to Mageia)
Summary: id of 1000 for user account (was: Impossible to write to other distros from a...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2012-07-09 13:44 CEST by Marcello Anni
Modified: 2015-03-11 00:45 CET (History)
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Description Marcello Anni 2012-07-09 13:44:20 CEST
Description of problem:

hi,

mageia sets by default the user ID "500", so it results impossible to write to other distros and viceversa, while this behaviour is allowed for windows partitions. is it possible to change the default user ID to "1000" as all the other distros do? thanks

cheers,
Marcello
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-07-09 15:46:52 CEST
should have been a feature request, as it's not a little change, but don't know if it's too late

URL: (none) => http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/1000SystemAccounts
Summary: Impossible to write to other distros from and to Mageia => if of 1000 for user account (was: Impossible to write to other distros from and to Mageia)
Severity: normal => enhancement

Comment 2 Jeff Robins 2012-07-09 20:13:46 CEST
You can set the user ID manually when adding a user, even during install, but I'm not sure if you can do it for the first user during install and I don't have a system I can test it on.

I thought there was a way to change the user ID using MCC, but I can't seem to find it.

BTW, I think Mandriva switched to 1000 at some point.  I remember having a problem and needed to switch back to 500.  I thought I remembered altering the user ID for an existing user using a GUI, but I may be wrong.  I remember having a couple of problems, but I think they were with partitions that weren't mounted at the time of the switch.

--Jeff

CC: (none) => jeffrobinsSAE

Comment 3 Manuel Hiebel 2012-07-09 20:20:51 CEST
>I'm not sure if you can do it for the first user during install and I don't
>have a system I can test it on.
Yes, http://doc.mageia.org/installer/2/en/content/addUser.html#addUserAdvanced

>I thought there was a way to change the user ID using MCC, but I can't seem to
>find it.
yes, http://doc.mandriva.com/en/2010/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/userdrake.html

>BTW, I think Mandriva switched to 1000 at some point.
really ? I don't think so

Summary: if of 1000 for user account (was: Impossible to write to other distros from and to Mageia) => id of 1000 for user account (was: Impossible to write to other distros from and to Mageia)

Comment 4 Jeff Robins 2012-07-09 20:57:02 CEST
(In reply to comment #3)

> >I thought there was a way to change the user ID using MCC, but I can't seem to
> >find it.
> yes,
> http://doc.mandriva.com/en/2010/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/userdrake.html

Sorry, I meant changing an existing user's ID.

> 
> >BTW, I think Mandriva switched to 1000 at some point.
> really ? I don't think so

Hmm, I don't know what I was using then.  I remember going through the process once.

--Jeff
Comment 5 Nic Baxter 2015-03-10 10:56:03 CET
Is this still valid? Haven't we changed to 1000?

CC: (none) => nic

Comment 6 James Kerr 2015-03-10 12:59:56 CET
(In reply to Nic Baxter from comment #5)

For Mageia 5, on new installs, UID's start at 1000. 

There are no plans to force a change in UID on upgrades, existing UID's will be retained.
Comment 7 Nic Baxter 2015-03-11 00:45:43 CET
Nothing to do

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID


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