[Opensim-users] Question - About avatar UUID

[Isis Ophelia]

Thanks Chris for the permission :)

An add-on to my cons. New uuid in Kitely purchases means their delivery
system will not find the old avatar and can't deliver. One has to ask
support to update the UUID.

Closing this thread now.

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On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 6:54 AM, Chris <mewtwo0641 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You're very welcome. And yes, that's fine; you can share my answer :)
>
> On 2/18/2018 1:36 AM, Isis Ophelia wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>>
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