[juneau-lug] Re: grub 2 / UID system mismatch

  • From: James Zuelow <James_Zuelow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:21:55 -0900


James Zuelow
Network Specialist
City and Borough of Juneau MIS (907)586-0236 

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> Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: grub 2 / UID system mismatch
> 
> For Ubuntu you probably want to edit /etc/login.defs and 
> change the UID_MIN 1000 to UID_MIN 500.
> 

Oh, sorry wrong file.  That one will change the UIDs that adduser uses, but 
might not get picked up by Gnome.

Try changing the value of MinimalUID in gdm.conf (might be gdm.conf-custom or 
gdm.conf.0)

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