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

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