[Opensim-users] Question - About avatar UUID

[Isis Ophelia]

Thank you Chris for very useful information.

Do you allow me to share your answer in Google Plus for 2 other persons who
would like to know the pros and cons to this question too?.

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On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 5:33 AM, Chris <mewtwo0641 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The biggest pro in keeping your prior UUID that I can think of is, if you
> have backed up your inventory and/or regions via IAR and OAR files
> respectively, is the assurance that the things that you've created will
> maintain their proper permissions relative to the UUID that created them.
> Else when you restore your inventory and regions it is highly likely that
> you will end up with the wrong permissions on your own items if you didn't
> think to full perm ahead of time (And even that isn't a guarantee given the
> finicky-ness of the permissions system in OpenSim) because OpenSim will see
> your new UUID as technically a completely different person and as such
> applies the "Next Owner" perms to your items.
>
> I can't really think of a major con for keeping your prior UUID aside from
> possibly cache issues between grids where you've chosen to keep the old one
> in cases of running multiple grid instances with different databases but
> same UUID. Which is pretty easily remedied by clearing your viewer cache
> before switching grids.
>
> On 2/17/2018 11:11 AM, Isis Ophelia wrote:
>
>>   Fresh installation, my master uuid is new again. And I am wondering,
>> which
>> are the pros and cons in using again the prior uuid after one had to start
>> over?.
>>
>> My pros would be that I wouldn't lose my HG contacts. And eventually that
>> items I have built and shared in the HG, can be tracked to me. That other
>> grids would recognize my avatar (not sure about this one) maybe they just
>> care about my DynDns. For example when I purchase in the Kitely
>> Marketplace.
>>
>> Anyone has experiences in taking over the same uuid from prior
>> installation? Please share with me. Thanks in advanced.
>>
>> Isis Ophelia
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