Re: tlug: Changing username

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 06:49:16PM +0000, Darren Cook wrote:
> Can I just change the first field of /etc/passwd, and change the name of
> her /var/mail file? Or do I have to get into messing with the shadow
> password files as well?

# usermod -l bob -c "Ms. Bob" fred
will take care of passwd and shadow (provided fred isn't logged in :-)
# groupmod -n bob fred
will take care of her primary group name

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Jim Tittsler, Tokyo   ICQ: 5981586

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