From: not.in.use@invalid.xor   
      
   On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 08:20:43 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:14:58 +0200, lisa wrote:   
   >   
   >> Do I get permission problems if I use the same user name on the new   
   >> computer? Anyone already tried?   
   >   
   >Remember that user names come from /etc/passwd, and group names come   
   >from /etc/group (and their respective extension mechanisms). The kernel   
   >and the filesystem know nothing about these names, only the corresponding   
   >user ID and group ID numbers.   
      
   maybe this is even basic Linux, but this is my first time I really   
   have to look closer inside Linux.   
      
   >If you get the wrong numbers assigned, it is possible to write a shell   
   >command to do bulk changes of the wrong numbers to the right ones across   
   >your entire filesystem.   
      
   yeah, that's way beyond my knowledge.  But with all your help so far I   
   get an idea were to look in case of problems and what kind of problems   
   are possible.   
      
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