I'll use usermod then. Thanks for letting me know about it. so I think this
is the proper syntax. Will this work?

  sudo usermod -l <olduser> <newuser> -dm <newuser>


On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Matrix Mole <matrixm@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are changing your username, there is flags to the usermod command
> that can help change the home directory. The -d flag to usermod will update
> /etc/passwd with the users home directory, and the -m flag will move the
> old directory to the new name. I'm pretty sure that usermod will also take
> care of the ownership issues as well. Check 'man usermod' for more details
> on this. If you don't use the usermod command, then there is also the
> ownership issue to consider with changing home directory. The chown command
> can help make sure the directory is owned by the correct user with 'chown
> -R {username} [homedir]' command.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. Is that the only thing I have to worry about?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Patricia Wilson <wilson.pr.gm@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Note that your home directory name appears in the /etc/passwd file so
>>> the system knows where you "live" when you login. If you change the name of
>>> that directory you need to change your entry in the passwd file to match.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> How would I accomplish this? Is it as easy as just moving the old name
>>>> to the new name; or should I do a 'find -r / <old directory>|mv -
>>>> <newdirectory'?
>>>>
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