Matching user specs for multiple distros

[Net Llama!]

n 10/20/02 10:22, Collins wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 15:20:22 -0700 Jim Bonnet
> wrote:
>
> >Collins wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I keep all my home stuff in a /home partition.  Since most of my
> >>partitions are versions of gentoo, the userid's match up and I am
> >>able to use /home without any complaints.  Now I beginning to
> >>experiment again with other distros, and I can't mount and use
> >>/home successfully, because the user numbers don't match.
> >>
> >>For example, I created a LRs-linux 3.0 system (automated version of
> >>LFS).  I've toyed with /etc/group and deleted and readded the
> >>collins user several times, but I can't get LRs-linux to use the
> >>same user number as I was on gentoo, so of course my collins user
> >>on LRs can't use my /home files.
> >>
> >>I'm sure I will encounter the same problem with Redhat which I am
> >>downloading now.
> >>
> >>Can anyone help?
> >>
> >>TIA,
> >>
> >>
> >
> >your uid and gid needs to be the same across distros..
> >
> >probably each distro creates its own uid for your shared user...
> >
>
>
> That much I know, but I can't seem to convice LRs to use the same
> values.

I'm not sure that its possible to force them to use the same values. 
Your best bet mighht be to fix them in /etc/passwd and /etc/group post 
install.

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