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[ale] Same UID and GID through the cloud

Subject: [ale] Same UID and GID through the cloud
From: allen at ua.edu (Beddingfield, Allen)
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:46:08 +0000
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If you are doing NFS shares, the ownership is based on uid/gid.
Allen B.

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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama
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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Brandon Colbert [colbert.brandon at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:43 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: [ale] Same UID and GID through the cloud

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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- [ale] Same UID and GID through the cloud
  - From: colbert.brandon at gmail.com (Brandon Colbert)

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