In theory just "chmod -r bmike2:bmike2 /home/bmike1" and "mv
/home/bmike1/* /home/bmike2/". Might need to do so for "mv
/home/bmike1/.* /home/bmike2/" as well for hidden directories.
You're working without a net (or space to make a backup copy), so make
real damn sure you note where you are and where you're moving files to.
Fully qualify the paths to be sure as you work.
-mb
On 04/02/2012 11:57 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
lovely..... because it ran out of space my old user can't log in to the
gui. I try logging in to a terminal as <new user> and it says:
root@Michaels-PC:~# su bmike2
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
bash: bmike2/.bashrc: Permission denied
bmike2@Michaels-PC:/root$
I just looked at /home and it seems that what happened is it changed the
user name and barfed when it was coopying the files and so it left me
with the new user name and the old directory. So please..... how do I
associate the new user name with the old directory? Would I still use
usermod
..... Well, I figured I didn't have anything to lose by trying it and I
found out that didn't work. Because the user was changed while the
previous command was in process user bmike1 doesn't exist.... I bet I
know what's going on!everything is owned by user bmike1 (who doesn't
exist anymore) so when bmike2 tried to access .bashrc it said 'nope'. So
I think I figured out the problem! (this is exciting)(I'll be a regular
computer wizard soon!) If what I think is the problem is is correct the
solution would be 'find -r /home/bmike1 * | chown bmike2'. Would this
work? Are there programs not owned by the user in it's directory? What
about them (if there are)?
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Michael Havens <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Well, I guess I don't really need to change the directory's name. So
I suppose just
'usermod -l <newuser> <old user>'
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Michael Butash <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Add some? :)
Actually it sounds like it's "copying, then deleting" (safe) vs.
"moving", so if you're short diskspace, you'll need to just move
it, change your /etc/passwd and group file for the user/uid, and
chown -r the directory to the new username/uid.
Matrix's method presumes you have temp disk space, but looks
like you're doing it the hard way manipulating ownerships and
such from root user.
-mb
On 04/02/2012 02:09 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
hmmmmm. It just ran out of disk space. Any suggestions on
what I can do
about that?
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Michael Havens
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
thanks for explainig the rationale of putting the old
user name last.
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Matrix Mole
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
If the account you are trying to change is your
current account,
it may be easier to login as root to make the
changes (just to
prevent any existing programs in memory trying to
use the old
username/directory). I'd also use the command as
follows:
usermod -l <newuser> -md <newuser> <olduser>
since an existing username needs to be at the end
(so the
command knows what user account to modify).
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Michael Havens
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
I'll use usermod then. Thanks for letting me
know about it.
so I think this is the proper syntax. Will this
work?
sudo usermod -l <olduser> <newuser> -dm <newuser>
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Matrix Mole
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
If you are changing your username, there is
flags to the
usermod command that can help change the
home directory.
The -d flag to usermod will update
/etc/passwd with the
users home directory, and the -m flag will
move the old
directory to the new name. I'm pretty sure
that usermod
will also take care of the ownership issues
as well.
Check 'man usermod' for more details on
this. If you
don't use the usermod command, then there is
also the
ownership issue to consider with changing home
directory. The chown command can help make
sure the
directory is owned by the correct user with
'chown -R
{username} [homedir]' command.
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Michael Havens
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
Thanks. Is that the only thing I have to
worry about?
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM,
Patricia Wilson
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>__>> wrote:
Note that your home directory name
appears in
the /etc/passwd file so the system
knows where
you "live" when you login. If you
change the
name of that directory you need to
change your
entry in the passwd file to match.
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:17 PM,
Michael Havens
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
How would I accomplish this? Is
it as easy
as just moving the old name to
the new name;
or should I do a 'find -r / <old
directory>|mv - <newdirectory'?
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