change my /home/oldname to /home/newname

[Mihamina Rakotomandimby]

> Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> : 
>> - Create the new user (the way you want)
>> - copy (with cp and the right options). I would use:
>>   $ sudo mv /home/new-user /home/new-user-home
>>   $ sudo cp -ar /home/current-user /home/new-user
>
>You forgot to make the new user the owner of the new home:

When using command-line 'adduser' it's automatic
When using the GUI tool, it's also automatic

>> - log out
>> - log in as the new user
>
>And then you will probably find out that many applications use the old 
>home when they use an absolute path e.g. in their config files.

Bad software, change software.

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