Change UID

[Neil Winchurst]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> Neil Winchurst wrote:
>> When I tried to run a program I had some error messages. They all
>> referred to the UID of a folder
>>
>> UID of folder-name is 1000 instead of 0
>>
>> How do I change the UID of a folder please anyone? I have looked
>>  around but so far to no avail
> 
> In a terminal use this command:
> 
> sudo chown -R root: /path/to/folder
> 
> 
> Nils
> 
Thanks. As I am the owner of the folder, do I still need to make the
change as root?

Neil