accessing other distro files

[Derek Broughton]

Thomas Beckett 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.

Definitely.

> If so will it automatically change the 
> files in my home dir to 500 for me?

No.  But you can use a privileged account to change the ownership.

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derek