Modified uid can no longer see flash drives

[Nils Kassube]

MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > MR ZenWiz wrote:
> >> However, this userid did not match the uid on my laptop (1000), and
> >> it got picky a week or so ago  with cross-machine copies.  I
> >> decided to change the uid to match (1000 -> 500).  I thought I'd
> >> covered all the bases, but alas, things have not been so nice.
> > 
> > I suppose using uid <1000 is the problem. Usually uids below 1000
> > are
> > considered system uids. From /etc/adduser.conf:
> 
> I suppose that is possible, but if so, why isn't it a problem on my
> desktops that use that id as well?

Good point. Are the desktops also running *Ubuntu?


Nils