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How to rename or change user name in Linux
Question : How to rename or change user name in Linux?
Answer:
killall -u old id old usermod -l new old groupmod -n new old usermod -d /home/new -m new usermod -c “New Real Name” new id new
Example:
kill -u pirat9
#id pirat9 uid=1000(pirat9) gid=1000(pirat9) groups=1000(pirat9),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),109(lpadmin),127(sambashare)
# id blanco uid=1001(blanco) gid=1001(blanco) groups=1001(blanco) pirat9@pirat9 ~ $
usermod -l blanco pirat9
groupmod -n blanco pirat9
usermod -d /home/blanco -m blanco
usermod -c "James Bond" blanco
id blanco
Done
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Thanks much. It worked like a charm.
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Actually, what I see too much of, and what Microsoft actually (sorta) did with Windows 8 is think forward. And let’s be brutally honest. Windows 8 is actually NOT as bad as people is making it out, they’re just freakishly afraid of change (which Linux users are as well, it seems)
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Hi SK
I am Rakesh vijayan thanks for your great work ,by your work I start to learn what is ldap , my request is will you make tutorial for ldap and samba pdc for us on ubuntu 12.04