Changing the UID number of a directory

[Tyler Aviss]

changing UID if the files or the account?

Try the number instead of username for files, or "vipw" for the account
On Jan 18, 2012 12:03 PM, "William Muriithi" <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have two users with the same name, and I got them because I
> configured the system to use LDAP after I had already created a local
> account and generated files on the home directory.
>
> In another word, I have two account both called william, but one with
> a UID of 501 and another with a UID 2005.  When I check the file
> properties of the home directory with "ls -n /home/ | grep william",
> they are owned by UID 501, so despite login with the same account
> "william", I get permission denied because of the inconsistent UID.
>
> I have checked chown and it does not have a way of changing UID when
> both account has a name "william".  Is there a way of changing this
> properties without destroying and starting a fresh?  I have looked at
> all the flags for chown and nothing seem to allow that.
>
> Regards
> William
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