Change GID?

[MrMcLargeHuge]

As I tighten down the security of my server, I've found that I need to change the GID of one of my groups in order to use plugins with my Media directory under more restrictive permissions. Currently they are 777 (so that the plugins will work without doing any configuration), and I'll be changing them to 775. Changing the GID isn't possible in the GUI. I could use chpass in the shell to do it, but I'm unsure if that's a safe thing to do, or if my permissions might go wacky because of it.

So, is it possible to safely change the GID of a group? Or am I better off just creating another group with the desired GID and shifting around permissions to the new one?

 

[dlavigne]

You're probably better off making a new group. Any user/group changes made at the CLI won't survive a reboot.

 

[MrMcLargeHuge]

You're probably better off making a new group. Any user/group changes made at the CLI won't survive a reboot.

Thanks, that's valuable information.