UID, GID, and all that

[Jamon Camisso]

On 12-08-20 02:06 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 09:50:08PM -0400, Peter King wrote:
>> Here's a question I should know the answer to but I'm too jet-lagged to think
>> of it. I'm rebuilding a system, and I've set up a new boot disk, which involved
>> creating a new everyday user (call him "joe"). I've mounted the old hard disk
>> with lots of stuff on it that belonged to joe on the old failed system. But now
>> while the files are identified as owned by joe as the user, the group id is not
>> "joe" or "user" but "1002" (no such group). I suppose I could run a massive 
>> find-and-chgrp command, but I can't be the first person to face this problem,
>> and there must be a simple solution, which I just can't think of right now.
>> Anyone care to tell me the simple and obvious one-line solution? Even two lines
>> would do. Thanks.
> 
> What does that have to do with old modems?
> 
> Or did you just hijack the thread for fun?

Huh? That's a message that *is* the original thread. This jet-lag
business seems contagious :p

Jamon

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