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   On Fri, 10/24/2025 11:21 AM, s|b wrote:   
   > On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:50:41 -0400, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Fri, 10/24/2025 5:43 AM, s|b wrote:   
   >>> He showed me how he thinks he did it: apparently, he opened the file   
   >>> manager and then changed the name of the folder.   
   >   
   >> I smell a rat. Watch your protege carefully, for signs   
   >> he knows more about this topic than he lets on.   
   >   
   > Absolutely not. I made step-by-step instructions on how to set up Ventoy   
   > and install a Linux OS and I still had to help him, looking over his   
   > shoulder while he did it.   
   >   
   > He said he used to be a bit dismissive of Linux, but he's fed up with   
   > Microsoft. More specific their recent policy of 'buy new hardware if you   
   > want to use W11'. Linux Mint offers a safe environment for people who   
   > want to do netbanking and digital 'government stuff' without having to   
   > invest in new hardware.   
   >   
      
   There's a little bit of Administrator humor here.   
      
   https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Users_and_groups#Change_a_user'   
   _login_name_or_home_directory   
      
       "Changing a username is safe and easy when done properly, just use the   
   usermod command.   
                                        ^^^^   
      
       Also keep in mind the following notes:   
      
       If you are using sudo make sure you update your /etc/sudoers to reflect the   
       new username(s) (via the visudo command as root).   
      
       Personal crontabs need to be adjusted by renaming the user's file in   
       /var/spool/cron from the old to the new name, and then opening crontab -e   
   to   
       change any relevant paths and have it adjust the file permissions   
   accordingly.   
      
       Wine's personal directories/files' contents in ~/.wine/drive_c/users,   
       ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs and possibly more need to be   
   manually renamed/edited.   
      
       Certain Thunderbird addons, like Enigmail, may need to be reinstalled.   
      
       Anything on your system (desktop shortcuts, shell scripts, etc.) that uses   
   an   
       absolute path to your home dir (i.e. /home/oldname) will need to be changed   
       to reflect your new name. To avoid these problems in shell scripts, simply   
       use the ~ or $HOME variables for home directories.   
      
       Also do not forget to edit accordingly the configuration files in /etc/   
   that   
       relies on your absolute path (e.g. Samba, CUPS, so on). A nice way to learn   
       what files you need to update involves using the grep command this way:   
   grep -r old_user *   
      "   
      
   Yes, easy maybe, but it sound tedious.   
   it makes doing a new install look like a solution.   
      
      Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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