Can I rename a user??
Beartooth
Beartooth at swva.net
Tue Jun 10 20:30:17 UTC 2008
I have a machine with an apparently failing hard drive, which I
plan to give away to someone who may replace the drive. Of course I want
my password and root's password off it.
Root is not a problem; I simply change the password to a dummy I
can remember, and let the recipient change it again, right?
How about the user? I'd like to do a little more than that -- but
not just delete the user and create a new one. The currently most likely
recipient describes himself as a newbie -- meaning, I believe, to linux.
I don't have to worry about actual data; I had wiped the drive
with DBAN, and this is a new install, onto which I have yet to copy
anything from any backups.
But I do have various tweaks and adjustments -- arrangements of
panels and launchers, default tabs for browsers and the gnome terminal,
the workspace switcher, etc., etc.
No doubt, when he's done this a while, he'll alter them all. But
if it were me, I'd prefer starting with *something* to work from, rather
than having to re-invent my whole workspace(s) from scratch. Can I give
that to him? How?
--
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6;
Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2.0.3, Epiphany 2.20, Opera 9.27, Firefox 2.0
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
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