Re: Changing user name

[Robert Waldner <Waldner@KPNQwest.at>]

On Thu, 18 May 2000 07:56:24 CDT, Jesse Jacobsen writes:
>The last time I changed my username, I just left my home directory the 
>way it was, to avoid the headache.  The names don't *need* to be 
>identical.  Works fine for me.  Just make sure it's properly reflected 
>in /etc/passwd.

or you just sym (or even hard) -link the old directory to the new one.

just my 2 cents,
&rw
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