Change username/password?

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Heeter
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Joined: 2009-12-08 17:43

Change username/password?

#1 Post by Heeter »

Hi all,

I am giving my laptop to my kid, I would like to change the username and password before giving it to him. How do I do that, there is only 1 user on this laptop,

Thanks


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dasein
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Re: Change username/password?

#2 Post by dasein »

man usermod
man passwd

Heeter
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Re: Change username/password?

#3 Post by Heeter »

dasein wrote:man usermod
man passwd
Thanks, dasein,

Looking forward to my new laptop with debian, but have to unload this one first..............


Heeter

adenukolnis
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Re: Change username/password?

#4 Post by adenukolnis »

open terminal and su to root

add a new user
adduser kidsusername


remove old user
deluser -remove-home oldusername

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