On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 09:34:06 -0400 Pierre Yahoo <pierrewinni...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I am able to modify the Name of my user account (Users & > Groups). However, that does not change the login name, > which is what I and most people would want to do. If I try > to login under the new name, it does not work. But the old > one, even though it has been changed, still works. > > Is there an alternative way to do this? Can this bug be fixed? > > Thanks. Great Work! > This isn’t a bug, the name used at login is attached to more than the users home folder so a name change isn’t that simple and is quite possibly a security problems as well. I believe the only work round is to create a new user and copy the contents of the old home folder, before deleting the old user. -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
