[SOLVED] Rename home directory

abhijeetdutta · 11-02-2009, 10:38 AM

Hi

In rhel i have a username 123 and i have renamed to 456 by usermod -l, but still its showing user name 123 home directory and their profile, so my question is that how to change all credentials 123 to 456 user.

pixellany · 11-02-2009, 11:08 AM

Take a look at the man page for usermod........The -l option changes only the login name. If nothing else, you need to change the directory name in /home.

cantab · 11-02-2009, 11:12 AM

In /etc/passwd, you'll have a line that's something like

Code:

username:x:1000:100:Real Name,,,:/home/username:/bin/bash

Just change the username in both places to the new value. Then rename the home directory. That should work.

abhijeetdutta · 11-02-2009, 12:04 PM

Thanks!!

Now this is something what in my /etc/passwd

456:x:501:301:SAP System Administrator:/home/123:/bin/csh

Now i am bit confused in which of the places i have to do the change.

cantab · 11-02-2009, 12:38 PM

change it to

Code:

456:x:501:301:SAP System Administrator:/home/456:/bin/csh

Then you need to do

mv /home/123 /home/456

to rename their home directory