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| − | There are many ways to modify existing users on your system, depending on what you want to do; | + | There are many ways to modify existing users on your system, depending on what you want to do; you can even edit the relevant files manually, but beware: the actual files referenced by the system aren't the plaintext editable files, they're compiled database files, so you'll need to use [[pwd_mkdb]] if you try to edit [[ /etc/master.passwd]] directly. |
| − | To change a user's shell, use [[chsh]]. | + | To change a user's shell, use [[chsh]] or [[pw]] '''usermod [username] -s [path to new shell]'''. |
| − | To change a user's name, edit [[/etc/passwd]]. | + | To change a user's name, edit [[ /etc/passwd]]. |
| − | To change a user's login name (account name,) you can | + | To change a user's login name (account name,) you can edit [[ /etc/passwd]] and [[ /etc/master.passwd]] and recompile them using [[pwd_mkdb]], but another easy (and safe!) way to do it is to add a new user and move the user's files over to the new user and chmod and chown everything to that new user. |
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Revision as of 02:26, 18 December 2004
There are many ways to modify existing users on your system, depending on what you want to do; you can even edit the relevant files manually, but beware: the actual files referenced by the system aren't the plaintext editable files, they're compiled database files, so you'll need to use pwd_mkdb if you try to edit /etc/master.passwd directly.
To change a user's shell, use chsh or pw usermod [username] -s [path to new shell].
To change a user's name, edit /etc/passwd.
To change a user's login name (account name,) you can edit /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd and recompile them using pwd_mkdb, but another easy (and safe!) way to do it is to add a new user and move the user's files over to the new user and chmod and chown everything to that new user.
