Re: Changing user name

Once upon a time, I heard Kent West say > 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 ed

Re: Changing user name

On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 05:19:09PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > 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 t

Re: Changing user name

On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 03:01:58PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Thu, 18 May 2000 07:56:24 CDT, Jesse Jacobsen writes: > >The last time I changed my username, I just left my home directory the > >way it was, to avoid the headache. The names don't *need* to be > >identical. Works fine for me

Re: Changing user name

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 fe

Re: Changing user name

On Thu, 18 May 2000 07:56:24 CDT, Jesse Jacobsen writes: >The last time I changed my username, I just left my home directory the >way it was, to avoid the headache. The names don't *need* to be >identical. Works fine for me. Just make sure it's properly reflected >in /etc/passwd. or you just

Re: Changing user name

On 05/18/00, Chanop Silpa-Anan addressed "Re: Changing user name": > 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 >

Re: Changing user name

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 renam

Re: Changing user name

Cameron Matheson said: >Hey, > >I want to change my user name from fatmike to cmatheson. Is this >possible? This won't be entirely fool-proof, but... You might try adding the user cmatheson to your system (as root): $ adduser cmatheson Then (as root): $ cd /home $ mv fatmike cmatheson $ ch

Changing user name

Hey, I want to change my user name from fatmike to cmatheson. Is this possible? Thanks, Cameron Matheson

Re: changing user name

There is also a slightly less hardcore command, usermod, which lets you change login-name, home directory, group, uid, etc, without getting involved with the password file. Eg usermod -l -d -m HTH Rich Marlon Urias wrote: > > Thanks for the help!marlon > > On Thu,

Re: changing user name

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

RE: changing user name

On 30-Apr-99 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 newLog

Re: changing user name

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

changing user name

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.