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diff --git a/3 Resources/Linux/Users.md b/3 Resources/Linux/Users.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..885a7cc --- /dev/null +++ b/3 Resources/Linux/Users.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +#linux #user-management + +Change uid/gid of user +`usermod -u newnumber user` +`groupmod -g newnumber user` + +File permissions in homedir will be automatically updated; file perms outside home dir will not be automatically updated. + +Finding files of a specific user, and printing their uid/gid; +`sudo find / -user 4109 -printf '%p %u(%U) %g(%G)\n'` + +To change only the group: `chgrp`. + +Or using find to chmod/chgrp: +`sudo find / -user 4109 -group 4109 -exec chmod 998:998 {} \;` +`sudo find / -group 4109 -exec chgrp 998 {} \;` + +Dirty way to find "system users" (uid < 999) - note that this is not fool-proof, it also lists groups +`getent passwd | grep -oP '\b[0-9]{3}\b' | uniq | sort` + +--- +https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-change-user-group-uid-gid-for-all-owned-files/ |