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> Is there a way to make my arrangement more robust so that I can sync files through and USB drive, without needing to use the same numeric user id in all my co

by Fnoord 7y ago

> Is there a way to make my arrangement more robust so that I can sync files through and USB drive, without needing to use the same numeric user id in all my computers? $ chown -Rf ufo.users /media/usbdrive && unison

ufo 7y ago
Would I need `sudo` for this chown command?
- Fnoord 7y ago
  Yes, you very likely need to be root. You could also perhaps add in fstab that you mount the USB drive as a specific uid. See man mount and man fstab and search for " uid" (with the space, else you search for uuid as well).