Thanks for the help! marlon On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Debian project development discussion wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 05:57:46PM -0700, Marlon Urias wrote: > > If I get a user who wants to change only their username how do I go about > > doing a thorough job? Simply changing the passwd entry doesnt seem to be > > the right thing because then all the files with ownership > > oldLogin.oldLogin > > wont be availabe for user newLogin. Thanks for the help. > > Actually, changing the name in the password file is exactly what you want > to do. Everything else in the system is using the user ID number to keep > track of who owns what. (The user ID is the third field in the passwd > file.) Use the ``vipw'' utility, as it will do the right thing with > respect to shadow password files, etc. Also, if a group was created with > the same name as the user, you might wish to edit the /etc/group file and > change it there as well. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Please send Debian-related email to debian-user @ orbits.com. > > For custom software, see: http://www.SilberSoft.com/ > > >
