On Sunday 09 February 2003 01:29 pm, Bill Kendrick wrote: > Is there a way to change a user's login name under Unix? > > Is it safe enough to simply rename their home directory and > edit their entry in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow? > > Or am I dealing with dangerous powers, and would be safe enough > creating a brand new user and deleting the old one?
this should not be a big deal. the numerical user id is what's important. if the UID doesn't change you won't have a problem. use vipw to change username in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. that alone would make the change--try it then ls the user's directory and you'll see the new username show up. the home directory need only change as a matter of convenience and consistency (i.e., users may expect their home directory to be /home/username). if the username is hard-coded in some configuration file someplace, you'll have to change it, too, of course, but this is unlikely. shawn. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
