From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 22:18:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6724D16A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:18:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EA5243D1F for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:18:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 744A7136C0; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:18:16 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:18:16 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Nguyen Huu Hoa Message-ID: <20040313061816.GA34326@grimoire.chen.org.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rename a user X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 06:18:18 -0000 On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 11:14:12AM +0700, Nguyen Huu Hoa wrote: > Hi List, > How can I rename a user from my BSD 5.2 system. I have a user called "hoa", > then I want to rename it to "nguyen", so what should I do? As root, use vipw and change the username. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive." - Ferris Bueller