1 нояб. 2013 г. · You can change the username without changing the home directory by changing the first elements of the entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

20 мар. 2023 г. · I was trying to change my username. I oppened the terminal and if I remember correctly I used sudo /etc/shadow and sudo /etc/passwd Then i saw it didn't change.

18 авг. 2010 г. · While it's possible to rename a user, and usermod will do some of the job, this is quite likely to cause trouble.

15 февр. 2020 г. · Log in as root, then open terminal and run kill -9 -u [old_username] && username -l [old_username] [new_username] After that run adduser [new_username] sudo.

3 окт. 2015 г. · You cant change the name of the user through which you are currently logged in. You need to switch to another user with the sudo access. If you ...

18 нояб. 2022 г. · I'm trying to edit the default username/hostname for aa custom Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS LiveCD. I'm understanding I need to edit the /etc/casper.conf file.

14 авг. 2013 г. · Renaming system users is not supported. You'd have to hunt down all the places where the user names are used, and because renaming system users ...

5 сент. 2022 г. · After clearing cache, try renaming the user from GUI. Also, download all the files from GUI until the command line works!

16 апр. 2019 г. · No. If you use a proper method like usermod command rather than messing with the system files, it won't do any harm.

12 мая 2016 г. · Log in as root, then open terminal and run kill -9 -u [old_username] && username -l [old_username] [new_username] After that run adduser [new_username] sudo.