Changing UID of User under Leopard / OSX
$ sudo dscl . -create /Users/ak UniqueID 9423
$ dscl . -read /Users/ak|grep Uni
UniqueID: 9423
/Users $ sudo chown -R ak ak
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Here's the actual command to change the user's uid #:
dscl . -change /Users/username UniqueID old# new#
You should run "chown -Rh username /Users/username" after running the command above (as root).
Posted by t35t0r on December 03, 2007 at 11:29 AM PST #
Hallo Axel, danke für den Tipp! Gruss Volker
Posted by Volker Hergesell on January 30, 2008 at 01:37 PM PST #
Just try chpass username by root
U can change everything there. But of course additionally you have to owner of home directory.
Posted by Swk on May 07, 2008 at 11:56 AM PDT #