Prollie just as easy to create a new account and then move stuff. I am wanting to move to LDAP, but haven't got that figured out yet.And by moving I just meant copying the documents to a common folder, and then back into the users documents folder. Exporting email and reimporting under the new account. Thanks for the reply Craig. On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 11:44 -0400, Thom Paine wrote: >> I was wondering if it's possible to quickly and easily switch a >> username on a samba controlled domain. I have a user who got married >> and I need to change her login from sgillies to scampbell. Is there a >> quick way I could do this, or do I need to create a new user and then >> copy her data over? I've been reading, but I can't find anything to >> clearly tell me if I can or not. >> >> This in on a Windows XP network with a Samba DC. > ---- > sure but you'd have to change... > > /etc/passwd (or wherever user accounts are stored) > /etc/shadow (or wherever user passwords are stored) > the users $HOME directory > smbpasswd (or tdbpassdb or wherever samba user accounts/passwords are > stored) > > If you were using LDAP, you'd probably already understand this and could > make the changes. > > I wouldn't recommend doing any of that...a user account is a user > account and they should just continue to use the same login. > > If you create a new account and try to 'move' stuff, you are gonna have > to use the profile migration tool from Microsoft to move the users > 'profile' to the new account. > > Craig > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- -=/>Thom -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
