[TriLUG] Change GID

[Justis Peters]

James Tuttle wrote:
> I realize that my last thread, symbolic links and rsync, failed to grasp 
> the nature of the error and was thus misnamed.  I discovered that the 
> Samba mount command in /etc/fstab was forcing UID 10, which on this 
> machine is uucp.  I've found it much easier to work between various 
> machines by synchronizing the UIDs and GIDs.  I'd like to change the GID 
> of my local group uucp, but am worried about screwing something up.  Any 
> tips on how I might change the GID without wrecking my desktop?
>   
Jim,

I'm not exactly clear on your question.  As worded, it sounds like you 
should just edit /etc/fstab and set the desired GID, but that sounds too 
easy.  If that's not the answer, can you restate your question?  
Ideally, we'd need to know the current state of the relevant group names 
and GIDs on each machine involved and an explanation of what needs to 
change.  My apologies that I'm not understanding the question as 
currently stated.

Best of luck.  This sounds like an annoying obstacle in something that 
should otherwise be making your life easier.

Kind regards,
Justis