[NTLUG:Discuss] change a username

[Steve Baker]

Fred James wrote:
> I set up a username wrong, such as "abcdefg" when the user would prefer 
> "acdefg".
> Can that be successfully changed by editing /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, 
> and /etc/group, and changing the home directory name?

Yes - pretty much.

Although if the user has been using the system with the wrong
name for some time, it'll have crept into a lot of config files,
log files, mail directories, etc.

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