Change unix UID on MaxDB/liveCache installation?

[Former Member]

Is it possible to change the UID of an existing liveCache install on a unix server?

Example/Background: liveCache 7.7 installed on local host as user sdb using UID 255. Someone then reinstalled the system on same host, but redefined UID 210 for sdb. Person then imported data from backup file. Problem is that /etc/passwd synchronization changed sdb user UID to 255 and erased UID 210. However MaxDB 7.7 system still writes new files still using original ID 210, not 255 ID. Half the unix file ownership is user 210, half is 255. (thank goodness for group permissions!)

Question is how to have MaxDB recognize the UID 255 not the 210 ID.

Thanks for your ideas.

[lbreddemann · Accepted solution]

> Is it possible to change the UID of an existing liveCache install on a unix server?

Nope. At least there is no automatic way to do that.

What you can do - err - should do is: reinstall the software via SDBINST.

> Example/Background: liveCache 7.7 installed on local host as user sdb using UID 255. Someone then reinstalled the system on same host, but redefined UID 210 for sdb. Person then imported data from backup file.

See, this problem, besides others, is one of the reasons, why 'installation by filecopy' is not supported. Re-install the software, that will solve the problem.

> Question is how to have MaxDB recognize the UID 255 not the 210 ID.

And again: reinstall the software.

Come on, it's MaxDB - installations of the software and applying patches don't take hours (we're not like Oracle in that point ).

Regards,

Lars

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Lars