accessing other distro files

[Al Gordon]

On 2/9/06, Thomas Beckett <thomas.beckett at gmail.com> wrote:
> I run Breezy here at work but also have to develop scripts for centos.
> I have a centos installation but all the files i wirk with aer owned
> by my username in that install. My username is the same on both
> installations but Ubuntu starts users at UID:1000 whereas CentOS uses
> 500. Can I change my ubuntu users UID to 500 so that I can access the
> files I need unrestricted. If so will it automatically change the
> files in my home dir to 500 for me?

Have you considered a group permissions based approach rather than
user permissions?

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