I installed Manjaro 24 for a friend - he is not able to use the command line. How can he change his own user name? I found no dialog for that. Thank you in advance.

He tagged the topic xfce. So on xfce - open the “start menu”, click right where where the username with a little generic human (or personal picture) is. Or type “Mugshot” or “About me” That is for the display name. Renaming the profile IS possible, but is a convoluted procedure and can have a lot …

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linux-aarhus 28 August 2024 05:35 16

[root tip] [How To] Change username Tutorials

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ Implications to consider Configuration file may no longer work as expected. Scripts and service units relying on the old username. Symlinks may point to invalid destinations. The easy way Backup your important files. Create a new user a. Standard useruseradd -mUG <new_user_name> b. Admin useruseradd -mUG lp,network,power,wheel <new_user_name> Remove the previous user and the user’s homeuserdel -rf <old_user_name> Restore the files to the new user. The hard way Us…

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