[NTLUG:Discuss] change a username

[rob apodaca]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 08:39:58 -0600
Fred James <fredjame at concentric.net> wrote:

> I set up a username wrong, such as "abcdefg" when the user would
> prefer "acdefg".
> Can that be successfully changed by editing /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, 
> and /etc/group, and changing the home directory name?
> 

Yes, that will do it. Don't forget to change owner and group of the
user's home directory. Also check out man pages for usermod and
groupmod.