Change UID

[Hans Henry von Tresckow]

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Neil Winchurst <barnaby at drofle.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
>
Yes, since the program is expecting the folder to be owned by "root" (UUID
0) instead of you, (UUID 1000)
-- 
Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)
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