Renaming home folder

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

So I got the same exact error when following the instructions on the wiki.  I even overwrote my emmc with the latest Debian Mate image and tried a second time with the same results.  It appears the instructions are incorrect?

Currently I can log in with my new user but the path to my home directory is /home/rock/

I am certain I can replicate this by writing the current Debian Mate image to sd card and following the instructions on the wiki (because I did it twice)  

Can somebody please provide updated instructions on how to rename this folder as if you are starting from scratch?

I ignored the instructions, because I'm an old Unix guy and have done similar many times before on SunOS, Irix, Linux etc.
Here's what I did, as described in my "Initial Impressions" post: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...4#pid56654

A quick CTL-ALT-F1 got me to a console, tho'. I logged in root, changed (root) password and quickly edited /etc/passwd /etc/shadow and /etc/group, then moved the /home/rock to my new <username> (mv /home/rock /home/newusername). A quick su - <username> landed me in the right directory, and ownership/permissions were verified, before giving a passwd command for change. I could exit both nested login shells, and ALT-F7 to LightDM.

Good luck!

 I was able to get my home folder fixed I think.  I logged in as root and ran (mv /home/rock /home/newusername), then modified passwd by changing root to my newuser.  

I looked at shadow and group and didn't know what to modify.  I had previously changed passwords.  

I now have a /home/myUsername folder and account I can log into.

I still would like to get this process better documented for myself and other users.  If I figure out an easier set of steps than what I did I will post back here.

In /etc/shadow you change the rock entry to new username and path
/etc/shadow just change username - optionally blank the password field between the colon characters, if you are comfortable with the field
/etc/group rename the rock group to your new username, too.

You can reset the password for the account as root - or as I did, as the user, getting in "free" with 'su - newusername' as root.