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Can two users on same machine have same UID?
Authored by: kgp on Oct 28, '05 07:38:06PM

I have a Powerbook that has two user accounts on it and I have only been able to connect to one account over the network. After checking the UID I see that the one I can connect to has a UID of 502 and the one I can't (my wife's) is 501.

My question is this, if I change the UID of her account to 502 will she now be able to connect to her account over the network? Or is it not possible to have two accounts with the same UID on the same machine?

This problem has been bugging me forever and I could never find a solution to it.



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Can two users on same machine have same UID?
Authored by: chris_on_hints on Oct 31, '05 08:46:13AM

i really dont think you should have two users on the same machine with identical UIDs. that would cause problems.



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Can two users on same machine have same UID?
Authored by: manifest37 on Nov 05, '05 11:38:56AM

That is not possible. The UID is and has to be unique.



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Can two users on same machine have same UID?
Authored by: martyl on Dec 04, '05 09:20:44PM

Relating to this, I put a large HD into my G4 tower to allow me to back up my PB and my wife's iBook. The G4 has an admin account for me, and an account for my daughter. I tried 'Ignore ownership" on the HD, but still get errors when trying to save files to that drive from my PB. How can I set permissions on the large HD (shared via Airport) to allow us to back up our machines into 2 folders on that drive?


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