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MOS-FET
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Joined: 20 May 2003
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Location: Cologne, Germany
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 Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:08 pm Post subject: renaming an user |
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hello,
i currently have a user account with it's home directory directly in /home (_not_ something like /home/yusername>). now, i want to rename this user, but i don't want to loose my settings. would it work if i just go to /etc and rename the user in all necessary files (passwd, group etc.)? or, could i delete the existing user, create a new one with the _same_ homedir? would this delete/overwrite anything in my homedir? ok i' have to chown all my files, but that's no problem i guess.
i'd appreciate your help!!
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xlyz
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Joined: 27 Oct 2002
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Location: Italy
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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from man usermod:
| Quote: | | -l login_nameThe name of the user will be changed from login to login_name. Nothing else is changed. In particular, the user's home directory name should probably be changed to reflect the new login name. |
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fourhead
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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shame on me  i should get used to this "man" command ... thanks a lot!!
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