Re: [TCLUG:2320] changing username

[Hans Umhoefer <spudling@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Gabe Turner wrote:

> Can't you just change it in Control-Panel?  You use RedHat correct?

Yeah, and if you use userdel or whatever it is in slackware but don't
delete the /home/user1 you can give user2 the home directory of
/home/user1 that's what I did. Changed all the ownership and everything
automatically.

Hans




> 
> At 06:00 PM 11/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >Is there a good way to change my username? I'd rather not copy all of
> >/home/user1 to /home/user2 and change all the ownership stuff.
> >Alternatively, is there a way to get pine to put in a username that isn't
> >my login name? My e-mail address is lueyb@carleton.edu, but on this
> >computer, my login is ben and pine sends e-mail headers that says my
> >e-mail is ben@carleton.edu

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Hans D Umhoefer (spudling@acm.cs.umn.edu)