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[Peter Valdemar Mørch <t7nm6lz02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Temporary workaround:

As suggested by  Milan Bouchet-Valat in bug #553746:
> Note if you really need a specific profile for some users, have a look at
> /etc/gnome-system-tools/user-profiles.conf, where you can add MinUID and MaxUID options.

I needed a user with a UID of 1248 and this is what I did:
* Applied the patch. (Notice that the number 1248 - the desired UID is in the patch - adjust to your own needs)
* Created a new user
* Removed the patch again

Now I have a user with UID 1248. Note, that this is only useful for
creating new users, not modifying existing ones.

BTW, how does anybody use NFS with more than one user if it isn't
possible to modify the UIDs? I see this as NFS' gravest shortcoming.


** Patch added: "Temporary workaround - see comment"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52563357/user-profiles.conf.patch

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[users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
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