On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:40:04PM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Matthias Urlichs <matth...@urlichs.de> > wrote: > > > adduser tango --uid $UID --gid $GID > > typo? > > adduser _tango --uid $UID --gid $GID
The sysadmin may have written scripts and things that assume the existing username. Instead of removing the old one, maybe add a new one with the same uid, gid, groups, etc? -- http://www.cafepress.com/trunktees -- geeky funny T-shirts http://gtdfh.branchable.com/ -- GTD for hackers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140826174634.ge4...@exolobe1.liw.fi