As root edit the /etc/passwd file for the line that says: lkachold:x:1000:1000:Lisa Kachold:/home/lkachold:/bin/bash Change the /home/directory link Be sure to change the directory permissions to be owned by the correct user. chown -R yourusername /home/directory On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > lovely..... because it ran out of space my old user can't log in to the > gui. I try logging in to a terminal as and it says: > > root@Michaels-PC:~# su bmike2 > To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo ". > See "man sudo_root" for details. > bash: bmike2/.bashrc: Permission denied > bmike2@Michaels-PC:/root$ > > I just looked at /home and it seems that what happened is it changed the > user name and barfed when it was coopying the files and so it left me with > the new user name and the old directory. So please..... how do I associate > the new user name with the old directory? Would I still use usermod > ..... Well, I figured I didn't have anything to lose by trying it and I > found out that didn't work. Because the user was changed while the previous > command was in process user bmike1 doesn't exist.... I bet I know what's > going on!everything is owned by user bmike1 (who doesn't exist anymore) so > when bmike2 tried to access .bashrc it said 'nope'. So I think I figured > out the problem! (this is exciting)(I'll be a regular computer wizard > soon!) If what I think is the problem is is correct the solution would be > 'find -r /home/bmike1 * | chown bmike2'. Would this work? Are there > programs not owned by the user in it's directory? What about them (if there > are)? > > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> Well, I guess I don't really need to change the directory's name. So I >> suppose just >> >> 'usermod -l ' >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Michael Butash wrote: >> >>> Add some? :) >>> >>> Actually it sounds like it's "copying, then deleting" (safe) vs. >>> "moving", so if you're short diskspace, you'll need to just move it, change >>> your /etc/passwd and group file for the user/uid, and chown -r the >>> directory to the new username/uid. >>> >>> Matrix's method presumes you have temp disk space, but looks like you're >>> doing it the hard way manipulating ownerships and such from root user. >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> >>> >>> On 04/02/2012 02:09 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>>> hmmmmm. It just ran out of disk space. Any suggestions on what I can do >>>> about that? >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Michael Havens >>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> thanks for explainig the rationale of putting the old user name last. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Matrix Mole >>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> If the account you are trying to change is your current account, >>>> it may be easier to login as root to make the changes (just to >>>> prevent any existing programs in memory trying to use the old >>>> username/directory). I'd also use the command as follows: >>>> >>>> usermod -l -md >>>> >>>> since an existing username needs to be at the end (so the >>>> command knows what user account to modify). >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Michael Havens >>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> 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 -dm >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Matrix Mole >>>> > 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 >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks. Is that the only thing I have to worry about? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Patricia Wilson >>>> >>> > 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 >>>> > >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> How would I accomplish this? 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