to change the name, and well, all hell broke use.
I guess the moral of the story is to have the backup tapes handy...
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On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 02:55:24PM -0800, ME wrote:
>
> No, that was provided as an example of what kinds of problems could come
> up when assumptions are made about the user's home dir != their
> username...
Oh, whoops. I was skimming too quickly. :^) Sorry
-bill!
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Bill Kendrick said:
> On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:58:58PM -0800, ME wrote:
>
>> (Hey kids, dont try this at home)
>> # cd /home
>> # for i in * ; do chown ${i}.${i} $i ; done
>
> Actually, just changing the old username to the new one
> in /etc/group seemed to fix the group ownership problems.
>
>
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:58:58PM -0800, ME wrote:
> (Hey kids, dont try this at home)
> # cd /home
> # for i in * ; do chown ${i}.${i} $i ; done
Actually, just changing the old username to the new one
in /etc/group seemed to fix the group ownership problems.
File ownership changed magically af
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:44:22PM -0800, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>
> I would also make sure to rename their mail spool file,
This user doesn't get mail. :^) This user doesn't even get to
run a shell or see files in their home directory.
(I'm working on the kiosk box for Newsbeat, now that KDE 3.1
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:35:41PM -0800, Foo Lim wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> I've never had to change someone's login, but you might look into
> usermod(8).
It worked like a charm. Thanks, Foo!
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ME said:
> Using vipw or some other tool for editing /etc/passwd is a way to do
> this.
>
> Be careful in this. Some potential "gotchas":
>
> Often home dirs are namedafter the username. It is a good idea to alter
> name of home dir to match new username. Some scripts may do
Using vipw or some other tool for editing /etc/passwd is a way to do this.
Be careful in this. Some potential "gotchas":
Often home dirs are namedafter the username. It is a good idea to alter
name of home dir to match new username. Some scripts may do things
"improperly" and do a `whoami` and us
On Sunday 09 February 2003 01:44 pm, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> > Is there a way to change a user's login name under Unix?
>
> such a question... ;)
>
> > Is it safe enough to simply rename their home directory and
> > edit their entry in /etc/passwd and /etc
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
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>
> Is there a way to change a user's login name under Unix?
such a question... ;)
> Is it safe enough to simply rename their home directory and
> edit their entry in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow?
Safe enough, because security is managed by UID through t
Hi Bill,
I've never had to change someone's login, but you might look into
usermod(8).
FL
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, 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 /e
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?
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