[ec2] Keeping uids in sync

[Eric Hammond]

This topic has been discussed a bit in the following thread on the EC2
Ubuntu group:

http://groups.google.com/group/ec2ubuntu/browse_thread/thread/3836192368ca3a9b

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Eric Hammond
ehammond at thinksome.com



John Hampton wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> This is probably a pretty basic question. We are using EBS volumes and
> are having problems with system uids and gids (such as postgres and
> postfix users) differing on each instance. This of course causes
> permission problems when we move the ebs volume from one instance to the
> other. I was wondering what people are doing to keep their system uids
> in sync.
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> 
> John
>