google-fu: "ubuntu how to change userid" : first result: 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
(from http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-change-rename-user-name-id/ ) I just tested it with Ubuntu 810 in a virtual box; the stuff on the desktop was there afterward, etc. Oh, goes without saying (but sometimes I am like Pooh, with Very Little Brain) that you do not want to be logged in as "old" when you are going through the above steps. Theresa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
