On 01/24/2012 02:21 PM, gene heskett wrote: > I probably have 5 or 7 tabs open, su- at any one time. Biggest problem > then is that x belongs to gene, and root collects megabytes of x errors > when root forgets to use vim and tries to use gedit. > Gene, is this on the pclos machine, or on the Ubuntu box? On my Ubuntu box here at work, when I "su -", $DISPLAY is automagically set to :0 and I can bring up gedit as root with no problems. > - in screen utility I also create first text screen for use as root. >> Others are named by function or remote host. >> >> If you are going to rename or change UID or GID it's best to do it in >> text terminal, i.e. not under KDE or Gnome for yourself as you'll pull >> the rug under your feet. You could create a new user with desired >> UID/GID in GUI but you'll need to make different login account name. The >> easiest IMO is to do the following: >> >> - Assuming you are at GUI login prompt, don't login, use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to >> go to text mode terminal, >> >> - login and become root with 'sudo su -' (ubuntu and some other distros) >> >> - edit /etc/passwd to change UID and GID >> <user>:x:1000:1000:user name,,,:/home/<user>:/bin/bash >> ^^ ^^ >> >> - run command pwconv >> >> - edit /etc/group >> <user>:x:1000: >> ^^ >> - run >> chown -R<user>.<user> /home/<user> >> to change ownership to all files in users home directory. >> >> - Reboot and you should be able to login as a user with new UID/GID. >> > That makes a lot of sense, doing it that way, but since nfs is working now, > I'll likely skip it. Once I get the forward path in nfs set, then I can > redirect pcb-gcodes output files directly to the > ~/gene/emc2/nc_files/project_subdir on the milling machine, and only be > missing one thing. > I'd still redo the UID/GID's even with NFS. If your accounts have the same UID/GID's you don't have to fudge around with directory permissions, and it makes your NFS more secure. > > Cheers, Gene > Mark
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