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Chaning Username in Terminal - Coyote - 06-30-2017
Hello all,
Sorry if i already missed the posting but I have been trying to change the username in the terminal from somthing other than pine64@pinebook. I have changed my name on login but in the terminal still keep the old username. I also tried using:
Code:
usermod -l newname pine64and i get the message:
Code:
usermod: user pine64 is currently used by process 941The number at the end changes but I get the message everytime I have tried.
Is is possible to make this modification?
Thank you,
Coyote
RE: Chaning Username in Terminal - jordanjay29 - 06-30-2017
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/233614/when-trying-to-change-username-terminal-tells-me-user-is-currently-used-by-proc
Short answer: Change usernames from another user
RE: Chaning Username in Terminal - Luke - 06-30-2017
Its possible to do - but quite tricky to also change home folder name etc., Why not just create a new user and add to relevant groups ?
RE: Chaning Username in Terminal - zer0sig - 07-01-2017
adduser, deluser (if you like), and the copying over of files if necessary should cover everything in principle.
RE: Chaning Username in Terminal - Coyote - 07-01-2017
Hello all,
Thank you all for the replies. Not logging in the pine64 account and logging in as root and changing the username worked.
Coyote
RE: Chaning Username in Terminal - pfeerick - 07-03-2017
Yeah, you can't change the username if that user is logged in. Basically what is needed to rename/move is:
sudo passwd root [to set the root password]
logout of your account [ie. pine64]
log in to root account [using newly set password]
usermod -l new-login-name -d /home/new-login-name -m pine64 [renames pine64 to new-login-name, moves home directory]
logout out of root, log back in as new-login name
run sudo passwd -l root to lock the root account again if you wish. use passwd (without sudo) to change the password of the newly renamed account if it is still pine64
