Migrating user accounts from F14 to F17

[Temlakos]

On 10/07/2012 09:49 AM, Klaatu wrote:
>> On 10/06/2012 09:02 PM, Klaatu wrote:
>>> I'd try something like:
>>>
>>> su -c 'usermod --uid 1000 username'
>>>
>>> -klaatu
>>>
>>>> Everyone:
>>>>
>>>> I hadn't been paying close enough attention, obviously. Turns out that
>>>> sometime between F14 and F17, user accounts are supposed to have UIDs of
>>>> 1000 or higher. But all mine were in the 500s.
>>>>
>>>> Now, I created them all right. I gave them legitimate Unix names. I can
>>>> even make Samba users out of some of them. But I can't see them in the
>>>> Users and Groups section. Nor could I make them admins in the "Create
>>>> User" dialog. I had to create another user, a dummy user, just to have
>>>> someone with admin privileges.
>>>>
>>>> What is the most elegant solution? Must I create all new accounts and
>>>> migrate the contents of my home directories from one user to another?
>>>> (And do a recursive chown on all of them as I work?) Or is there another
>>>> way to achieve the goal of having user accounts with decent UIDs? (Short
>>>> of setting up another box, that is. And even that is problematic: I
>>>> can't seem to get Samba to work properly as a server, though I made it
>>>> work well enough as a client.)
>>>>
>>>> Temlakos
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>>> - klaatu
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>> Klaatu:
>>
>> I just tried that on the user account I could best afford to lose. It
>> worked. I can still log into it, but now it's visible in Users and Groups.
>>
>> Now: I know how to move that dummy user "out of the way" temporarily, to
>> make room for my main user account. (I'd probably want to log in as
>> someone else when I did that.) But: how do I vest "administrative
>> privileges" in an existing user? And how do I modify a group? Is
>> "groupmod" the appropriate command?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Temlakos
> Groupmod would allow you to change gid's, so i'm not sure if that's what you
> want.
>
> You probably want more usermod. To make user klaatu's primary group "klaatu",
> and to append supplementary group memberships - like wheel, most significantly
> for admin powers:
>
> usermod -g klaatu --append -G wheel,foo,bar klaatu
>
> I think that should do it.
>
> - klaatu
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The "wheel" group is one of the most valuable additions to Linux. If you 
create your first user and check the Admin box, the installer makes that 
first user a member of "wheel" and "dialout." Now I can understand 
"wheel." But "dialout"?

Anyway, I added my main account to "wheel" and "dialout." Once I did 
that, that main account had admin privileges. And even sudo privileges, 
which I have sought for a long time. Now maybe someone can tell me what 
privileges come with membership in the "dialout" group.

Temlakos