[PLUG] Ubuntu MATE 18.04 frustrations

[Dick Steffens]

On 05/17/2018 04:21 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Thu, 17 May 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
>> That part I know. What I've never looked into is how to change the 
>> name of user dick to user rsteff, not from a file ownership 
>> perspective, but from who is logged in. I'm sure I could create 
>> another user named rsteff, but I don't think that's what I mean to 
>> do, either.
>
> Dick,
>
>   Perhaps this will help:
> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/34074/how-do-i-change-my-username#34075>
>
>   For details, 'man usermod(8)':
>
> NAME
>        usermod - modify a user account
>
> SYNOPSIS
>        usermod [options] LOGIN
>
> DESCRIPTION
>        The usermod command modifies the system account files to 
> reflect the
>        changes that are specified on the command line.
>   ...
>
> -l, --login NEW_LOGIN
>            The name of the user will be changed from LOGIN to NEW_LOGIN.
>            Nothing else is changed. In particular, the user's home 
> directory
>            or mail spool should probably be renamed manually to 
> reflect the
>            new login name.
>
> HTH,
>

Thanks. That's probably what I need.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens