Re: Renaming a user

["Tyler Nally" <tnally iquest net>]

If you're not using shadow passwords, edit /etc/password and change
the login from 'beta' to 'somethingelse'.

If 'beta' is it's own group, you might have to edit /etc/group(s)
(I don't know what the exact name is) as well.

Tyler

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Morten Primdahl" <morten caput com>
To: "RedHat Install List" <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 9:39 AM
Subject: Renaming a user


> 
> Hi
> 
> What's the easiest way to rename a user? Including changing
> home dir name etc. There's a production running under the
> user name 'beta' and we'd like to move that to 'somethingelse'.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Morten
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