Change root and user name and password in Manjaro

Ledge · 02-15-2019, 09:36 AM

Hello,

I am new to Manjaro Linux after using Ubuntu and love the speed increase on my system. However my Son installed it as a dual boot on my laptop from his usb drive and used his user name and password during the instillation. I cannot find an easy way to change this to my own. Would anyone please help with a dummy's guide on how to achieve this to assist an aged noob user.

Thanks Ledge.

BW-userx · 02-15-2019, 10:45 AM

if you know his root password then login su password

Code:

passwd userName
give new passwd
confirm
done

issuing this under my user name login (Slackware,it really makes no difference)

Code:

$ passwd
Changing password for userx
Old password:

then I'd just folow the prompts to compete the task...

Ledge · 02-15-2019, 11:30 AM

Thanks for the prompt reply I will attempt this when back home and report back appreciated

DavidMcCann · 02-16-2019, 11:00 AM

That advice is fine if you want to change the password, but you also wanted to change the name. For this, follow these instructions
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-...-user-name-id/

Ledge · 02-19-2019, 04:23 AM

Thanks for the help Guys problem solved.