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| Walter Mitty 2006-02-08, 2:49 am |
| Aby recommendations how best to change a use login ID from "abc" to
"def"?
Just create new, copy "abc data" from ~abc to ~def? rename and chown?
Thanks.
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| On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 07:14:31 +0000, Walter Mitty wrote:
> Aby recommendations how best to change a use login ID from "abc" to "def"?
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> Just create new, copy "abc data" from ~abc to ~def? rename and chown?
You should be able to change abc to def in /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow,
and /etc/group (don't miss /home/abc in /etc/passwd).
Then mv /home/abc to /home/def and login.
rich
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| Michael Paoli 2006-02-12, 2:45 am |
| Walter Mitty wrote:
> Aby recommendations how best to change a use login ID from "abc" to
> "def"?
> Just create new, copy "abc data" from ~abc to ~def? rename and chown?
# usermod -l def abc
You may also want to change and relocate the home directory. You might
need to tweak group names/memberships. You might also have to deal
with
issues such as mail spool files, sudoers entries, etc.
references/excerpts:
usermod(8)
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