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From: Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: privileged user in RedHat
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:59:59 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-08-28, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:
> Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>ID's start at 1000 so they don't overlap with ID's which may be used for
>>system processes and the like.  When I started using Linux, they typically
>>started at 500.
>
> That is local configuration with defaults set by the distribution. See
> /etc/login.defs.
>
> Greetings
> Marc

Yes, you can change it.  Distro's defaulted to 500, now its typically
1000.  I have my UID set at 500, because I've wanted to maintain the
same UID since I first started using Linux.

I'll change it one day, but all my backups will have to change too.