On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, George Toft wrote:
>Keith White wrote:
>>
>> If for example,i wanted to change a user xxxx to yyyy
>> without destroying (a) the home directory
>> (b) not invoke copying from /etc/skeleton
>> (c) not change the UID
>> (d) recursivly change the ownership of all files
>> placed across the system by xxxx to yyyy
>> (e) retain permissions for the new user yyyy to
>> access db files etc.(this last one maybe not
>> work).
>>
>> How would this be done ??.
>
>I'll give this one a whack:
>1. Edit /etc/shadow - change user's username
>2. Edit /etc/passwd - edit user's username, name, directory
>3. mv user's directory to new username
>
>I tried it before I sent this. Works fine.
>
>George
And if you're using netscape, don't forget to edit
~/.netscape/preferences.js to reflect new home directory.
Check other app config files for similar.
Simone
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