usermod:tldr:4876a

usermod: Change a user id.

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$ sudo usermod --uid ${id} ${username}

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The command sudo usermod --uid ${id} ${username} is used to modify the user ID (UID) of a user in a Linux or Unix-based operating system. It requires administrative privileges, hence the use of sudo.

Here is a breakdown of the command:

sudo: This is a command used in Unix-like systems to run a command with administrative (superuser) privileges. It allows the user to execute commands as the root user or another specified user.
usermod: This is the command used to modify user account details in Linux or Unix systems. In this case, it is used to modify the UID of a user.
--uid ${id}: This specifies the option to change the UID. ${id} is a placeholder that represents the new UID value you want to assign to the user. You need to replace ${id} with the actual numeric value.
${username}: This is the username of the user whose UID you want to modify. You need to replace ${username} with the actual username.

In summary, the command modifies the UID of a user to a new specified value. The user must have administrative privileges to execute this command using sudo.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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