From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 10/21/25 8:43 AM, s|b wrote:   
   > I work as a volunteer and help people out with (small) digital problems:   
   > installing apps on their smartphone, explain how they work...   
   >   
   > My "boss" wanted to play around with Linux, so he gave me an old laptop   
   > and I installed Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon 64-bit. He was very impressed   
   > and has been experimenting since, but he just contacted me about a   
   > problem. Apparently he changed the name of the Home folder (in the GUI)   
   > from 'Myname' to 'Organisationname' and now he can't login anymore. He   
   > sent me a screenshot that says:   
   >   
   > Myname   
   >   
   > Incorrect password, please try again   
   >   
   > What I found weird is that my name is with a capital; the login I gave   
   > was without capital letter. (But I vaguely remember giving 'Myname' when   
   > it was asked during installation.)   
   >   
   > He says he tried in Terminal with sudo, but it doesn't work. He also   
   > says he can't change the login to 'Organisationname', it seems stuck to   
   > 'Myname'. (I set up the laptop to autologin after boot.)   
   >   
   > I'm in way over my head. I can install a Linux OS, install extra   
   > software, work with Wine to a certain degree, change small stuff, but I   
   > have never encountered this. I still haven't dumped Windows and switched   
   > 100% to Linux. I haven't got the laptop with me (yet), but I've   
   > searched, even asked Grok, and it all seems to come down to command   
   > lines in the Terminal.   
   >   
   > Is there a simple solution to this? I would appreciate some tips.   
   > (Remember, I don't have the laptop yet.)   
   >   
   > Tnx!   
   >   
   I agree with Dan.   You don't mess with the 'home' folder.   You don't do it   
   in Windows,   
   you don't do it in Linux.   Too many things are "/home//.config/"  etc.   
      
   Unless he has done a huge amount of custom work or data entry, I'd just   
   reformat as Dan   
   says.    I hope your boss lives close.   
      
   And Linux is case sensitive where Windows is not.   
   /home/Boss/Documents is not the same as /home/boss/documents.   
   Also spaces in certain places complicates things and usually messes up the   
   works.   It's a   
   crap shoot as to where, but now and then a piece of code assumes spaces and   
   newlines are   
   dividers between items.   
      
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