On 09/12/2024 08:40 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 08:35:25AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
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Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
See usermod, option -l.
The wording of the text under that option does not give a "warm fuzzy"
feeling that I understand what's happening.
[ https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=%22tutorial%22%20%22usermod%22 ]
gives many hits. Is there a listed/unlisted tutorial you would recommend.
As I've said elsewhere today:
I'm a firm believer in "If in doubt, *DON'T*" <GRIN>.
TIA
Heed the caveats in the man page (and all other places where the user
name might be hidden).
Sounds like some fun.
(Of course you could just edit /etc/passwd, but then you wouldn't get
to see the caveats in the man page: those do matter)
Cheers
