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[max1x]

Can a user name be modified and all it's privs intact in S10?

 

[maximusGeek]

as long as the uid and gid do not change.

 

[max1x]

I sould've been more clear, is there a way to change the userid without modifying any thing else?
titanUsers -> titanUser1

 

[maximusGeek]

Yes, you can change the user name as long as you don't change the UID or GID

user name: myname
UID: 1000
GID: 106

myname:1000:106:/home/myhome

->

newname:1000:106:/home/myhome

Think of a user name as an alias for the UID and group name an alias for the GID.

 

[max1x]

could you please tell me how to do that, so that the user's home dir gets updated along with the update in the /etc/passwd. I'm of the impression that the changing the /etc/passwd directly is not the recommended method.

 

[maximusGeek]

I just use vi and edit /etc/password I have never had a problem but you should probably back up the file first, just in case. There is probably a smarter way to do it but I have never bothered to look it up.