Rename my login name and home directory name

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Mar 28 14:52:51 UTC 2007


OOzy Pal wrote:

> I managed to rename my loggin name and I need to rename my home
> directory. I was afraid to do
> 
> mv xyz abc
> 
> and I mess up everything.
> 

You need to use "usermod" (or any other user management tool) to change the
home directory for login, first, then mv should do the job.
-- 
derek





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