sytem group sambashare seems to have changed gid from 122 to 124, will it change in future?
New intalls show sambashare with gid=124. I see and have from older installs sambashare with gid=122. the newer installs have rtkig at gid=122. older at 117
Is this normal that system group names are having their gid changed? Seems a potential source of errors and confusion.
new server:
@lx4: ~$ cat /etc/group | grep rtkit
rtkit:x:122:
@lx4: ~$ cat /etc/group | grep sambashare
sambashare:
Old servers:
@lx3:~$ cat /etc/group | grep rtkit
rtkit:x:117:
@lx3:~$ cat /etc/group | grep sambashare
sambashare:
@aglx2:~$ cat /etc/group | grep rtkitd
rtkit:x:117:
@aglx2:~$ cat /etc/group | grep sambashare
sambashare:
I noted this because for several years I've use sambashare as the group for media files to be shared in our home network between users. A bit ago, I started seeing rtkit showing as the group when viewing the files on an nfs4 share which uses uid and gid rather than names. The reason now is clear. I can easily go and:
1. change the gid of sambashare to 124 on machines where it is 122
2. use find to change all the files / folders with gid 122 to 124 for those machines
for the medial files:
sudo find /mnt/AUDIO -gid 122 -exec chown -h 124 {} \+
however, if rtkit is in use on those machines will this break something. On my wifes desktop, Audacity won't work for her user but will for my id. I wonder if this is the cause. DOES anyone know of a way to trouble shoot that.
Ideas?
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