Login name

[nandam]

Hi,
can you please tell me how to modify user name only
Eg, login name is Roy but it should be roy

thanks

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

Hi,

# cp /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.11092006
# vi /etc/passwd
change Roy to roy
:wq!

Robert-Jan

[Patrick Wallek]

You can also use the usermod command.

# usermod -l roy Roy

# man usermod

for details.

Note that usermod cannot be used if the user is currently logged in to the system.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Use 'usermod -l'. See:

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60127/usermod.1M.html

Regards!

...JRF...

[Jeff_Traigle]

Or without manually manipulating the passwd file:

usermod -l roy Roy

If you edit it manually and it's a Trusted system, you may also need to manually move the /tcb/files/auth/R/Roy file to /tcb/files/auth/r/roy and edit Roy to roy inside it. Never tried this... a lot cleaner to use the commands designed to perform the functions than hack on things with questionable results. ;)

[Pupil_1]

usermod
is the command to change the username.
this can also be doing with 'vi' ing the /etc/passwd and changing the username from 'Roy' to 'roy'

[Fabian Briseño]

or you can take the easy road and use SAM to do this task :D

[Sp4admin]

Hi nandam,
you can use the "usermod -l (username) command. Or you can "vi the /etc/passwd file but make sure you make a copy before. You can also use "SAM".

sp,

[nandam]

Hi thanks for all

i got more info from you

thank you very much

[spex]

Hi,

'vipw' is the preferred method for editing '/etc/passwd'.

PCS