Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > Once upon a time, I heard Brian say > > > Cameron Matheson said: > > > > >Hey, > > > > > >I want to change my user name from fatmike to cmatheson. Is this > > >possible? > > I think the easierway is edit your /etc/password and change username and > home directory feild, you should find it easily :) > > Then rename your old home dir to new homedir, that's it.
Will the file ownership/permissions remain intact? I suspect they will, thinking that the permissions are based on the user ID instead of the username, but I'm not sure.
