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From: "Paul C. Boyle" <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com>
To: Mike D <d01f1n@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: renaming a user account
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:52:09 -0500
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On March 3, 2002 04:40 pm, you wrote:
> I need to rename a user account.

Try vipw

>
> I tried chpass {username}, changed the login, :wq, but the name remained
> unchanged.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for help in advance!
>
> Mike
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