Re: Changing the username

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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Changing the username
From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:20:33 -0700
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Ali Helmy wrote:

Hey mates,
How do I change my current user name, without risk of messing up fileaccess and such?

Your access to files is stored by your numeric UID in the filesystem.Changing your username shouldn't risk messing up file access. You willneed to fix all of your secondary group memberships, if you have any.

You'll probably want to modify the path to your home directory, andrename that as well, while you're at it.

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