[LAU] getting sound working -- user id problems

[Rustom Mody]

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 2:36 PM, David <bouncingcats at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 May 2014 14:38, Rustom Mody <rustompmody at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The problem is that the numerical id of the (my) username is different in
> > the two systems. In DebOld the id is 1001 in Deb64 it is 1000.
>
> The usual way to do this is to use the usermod command -u and -g to
> change UID and GID for all the /etc database files and files in the
> users home directory, . This is what you should have done on the Deb64
> system. Read the man page warnings first. So you could undo what you
> did and then run:
>
>   # usermod -u <newu> -g <newg> <username>
>

Heh! So I learnt something -- usermod.

I finally got it running by discovering a rogue asoundrc.
Renamed that and now its working.



> Just make sure that you dont use a <new> value that collides with one
> that was already in use in that database. Specific example, dont do
> 'usermod -u 1001 -g 1001 <username>' on the Deb64 system if 1001 is
> already in use on the Deb64 system.
>
> (all examples are untested)
>
> You can see the numeric values with 'ls -n'
>
> Check /etc/passwd and /etc/groups, and check first with
>
>   # find / -user <newu>
>   # find / -group <newg>
>
> The <...> values can be symbolic or numeric.
>
> To change the ownership of files outside of the home directory you can
> either use 'find' like:
>
>   # find <topdir> -user <oldu> -group <oldg> -execdir chown -c
> <newu>:<newg> '{}' \;
>
> Or you can use 'chown' recursively like
>
>   # cd <topdir> && chown -c -R --from=<oldu>:<oldg> <newu>:<newg> *
>

Neat commands. Will stash them away!
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