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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:15:33 -0400
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Subject: Re: Username hassles
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Larry Hall wrote:
> =C2=A0If you prefer "paul" to be used, you need to do
> one of two things:
>
> =C2=A01. Remove the "MEAD8998" user from your '/etc/passwd'. =C2=A0It's p=
resumably
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 before the "paul" user in the file and has the same SID.
>
> =C2=A02. "chmod -R paul / /usr/bin /usr/lib"

Correction: that should be "chown", not "chmod".

> If "MEAD8998" and "paul" exist in your '/etc/passwd' file and share the
> same SID, use (1). =C2=A0Otherwise, use (2).

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed AT gmail DOT com>

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