users disappear from options menu when given uids under 1000

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Published on 2010-11-07T17:32:39Z Indexed on 2013/11/02 16:01 UTC
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I wanted to stop particular user names appearing in the list of names at the log in screen. I remembered reading that this could be achieved by changing the user id of the account to something less than 1000 (I think I made it 990). So I did this. That worked fine, but now when I wanted to change it back, the name is not appearing in the list of user accounts in the users and groups menu under administration.

How do I modify the phantom account?

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