issue with @cb @ub showing UID# not name

[Fairlight]

Another alternative would be to write something which takes the old and new
password files, creates a mapping between the old and new UIDs for each
user, then goes through every key and data segment and updates the
appropriate values based on that mapping relationship.

Also not something to be done by a beginner.

m->


On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 10:20:00AM -0500, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> Peter,
> 
> The user name is shown via the user id in the /etc/passwd file.
> If you did not bring those users from the old RH system as the same
> numbers, FP can not determine which user name to show.
> 
> Ubuntu probably starts user id numbers at a higher number than RH.
> If you still have access to the RH you might be able to bring just
> those users over from the /etc/passwd and the /etc/shadow.
> I would be careful, as different versions of Linux use different
> user id ranges.
> 
> This is *not* a procedure to be done by a beginner. You could wreak
> your whole system.
> 
> Richard D. Williams
> 
> On 4/1/2019 7:55 PM, Peter Martin via Filepro-list wrote:
> >Recently migrated from RH to Ubuntu. All records created after migration
> >show @cb & @ub as a user ID# from /etc/passwd.  Under RH is would show the
> >user name.
> >I understand that older records will only show user ID# b/c the ID#s do not
> >match (older RH allowed lower#s & Ubuntu starts users at 1000).
> >Anyway to go back to showing the user name?  FP version 5.0.15.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> 
> 
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