After installing F17 I lost access to a specific directory of my external disk

[Jonathan Allen]

Tim,

> I should have thought having such a low ID would cause more problems
> than you mention.  Low IDs are regarded as system IDs, rather than user
> IDs, and as such, *can* have more privileges.  i.e. They're treated
> differently.  The logon interface not showing system IDs being just one
> example.  There could be security implications.

I suppose that's what you get for having backups and a filing system
whose contents date back to 1994 on Linux and another seven years
before that on an old Microport System V Unix (on a 286!).  *We* never
asked anyone to change the UIDs.

Jonathan