usermod
Modifies a user account. See also:users
,useradd
,userdel
. More information: https://manned.org/usermod.
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Change a username:
sudo usermod --login {{new_username}} {{username}}
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Change a user id:
sudo usermod --uid {{id}} {{username}}
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Change a user shell:
sudo usermod --shell {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}
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Add a user to supplementary groups (mind the lack of whitespace):
sudo usermod --append --groups {{group1,group2,...}} {{username}}
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Change a user home directory:
sudo usermod --move-home --home {{path/to/new_home}} {{username}}
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