http://linuxexchange.org/tags/login.defs/?type=rssquestions tagged <span class="tag">login.defs</span>enFri, 20 Dec 2013 12:06:16 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/3264/is-there-a-benefit-to-changing-my-user-id-from-below-1000-to-over-1000<p>Years ago when I first installed Linux, /etc/login.defs set <strong>UID_MIN</strong> to <strong>500</strong>, so I ended up with a user ID close to that. But now the value is 1000, so every time I install a new system I have to be careful to specify my existing user ID so I don't end up with <strong>1000</strong>.</p> <p>I've experienced difficulties interacting between networked PCs when my user had a different ID on the two machines (can't remember exactly what). So I'm careful to always keep them all the same.</p> <p>Is there any advantage to changing them all to a number above 1000? Why was it changed? Is there any software package that installs a system account user ID above 500 that might clash?</p> <p>I usually use Fedora Linux, though I've experimented with a number of others and this seems to be consistent across the field.</p>KenJacksonFri, 20 Dec 2013 12:06:16 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/3264/is-there-a-benefit-to-changing-my-user-id-from-below-1000-to-over-1000login.defslinuxuiduser