[ale] Same UID and GID through the cloud

[Lightner, Jeff]

Also if you tar up files from one server then extract on another they come in with the original UID/GID so if you’ve used the same on every server you don’t have to chown everything after extract.


From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Brandon Colbert
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:04 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Same UID and GID through the cloud

OK,

Thanks for the info!

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:47 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com<mailto:jdp at algoloma.com>> wrote:
NFS.

On 04/21/2014 10:43 AM, Brandon Colbert wrote:
> Dumb question here:
>
> What are the advantages of keeping UID and GID the same on every server?
>
> Or does it even matter anymore, as long as the usernames and group names are the
> same.
>




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