On Wednesday 14 May 2014 08:28:59 Ralf Friedl wrote: > Laszlo Papp wrote: > > is this possible? I am looking for something like "usermod -l" on desktop. > > > > Alternatively, I have to look into the get/setpwent syscalls? > You can also use sed to change /etc/passwd > > sed -i -e /s^olduser:/newuser:/ /etc/passwd
Hi, I think this is not enough. You have to: 1) change the user name in /etc/passwd 2) change the user name in /etc/shadow (if shadow passwords are used) 3) change the group name of the user if a group with the same name as user name was created in /etc/group 4) change the group name of the user if a group with the same name as user name was created in /etc/gshadow (if shadow passwords are used) 5) change user name if member of other groups in /etc/group 6) change user name if member of other groups in in /etc/gshadow (if shadow passwords are used) 7) eventually change user's homedir in in /etc/passwd to reflect the new username 8) rename users home dir accordingly if needed 9) rename users mail spool accordingly if needed Using sed if it is a multiuser system is not a good idea as there is no file locking and backup mechanism and if a user decides to change his password the same time you change a username file corruption could be possible. Ciao, Tito _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
