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General Tech => Operating System => : Wolf July 18, 2012, 06:16:11 PM

: changing user name in BT
: Wolf July 18, 2012, 06:16:11 PM

Hey guys,
Its been a while... anyways, I'm trying to change my user name in back track with "usermod -l wolf root"
But it tells me I can't because root is logged in.... how do i fix?

: Re: changing user name in BT
: Lionofgod July 18, 2012, 06:36:28 PM

Please dont change root username -.-

A lot of system services need "root" and they will stop working if you change roots username.

If your really eager, just make a new account and change its UID to that of the roots user, I think that should work :D

: Re: changing user name in BT
: techb July 19, 2012, 05:01:12 AM

I don't even think you can change root to another name. Much easier to add a new user, then give it root privileges. Or give root privs to an existing user. But what's so wrong with using sudo to do root stuff?

: Re: changing user name in BT
: Wolf July 19, 2012, 04:01:19 PM

Nothing wrong with anything. Was just teaching myself some some linux. Thanks for the advice. :)

: Re: changing user name in BT
: iTpHo3NiX July 21, 2012, 04:26:04 AM

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