From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:41:53 -0400, Paul wrote:   
      
   > There's a little bit of Administrator humor here.   
   >   
   > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Users_and_groups#Change_a_use   
   's_login_name_or_home_directory   
   >   
   >     "Changing a username is safe and easy when done properly, just use the   
   usermod command.   
   >                                      ^^^^   
      
   The fear of the command lines has always held me back from Linux. But   
   over the years more options became available in the GUI and installing   
   new software is now easier than it was.   
      
   I've got two Raspberry Pi devices here, running Pi-Hole, Unbound and   
   WireGuard under Debian and this was a good learning experience for me.   
   One Pi is headless, so I worked with SSH and command lines.   
      
   >     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.   
      
   Once installed, we want to make it easy for the users. And I already   
   suggested to my supervisor that an external hdd would be required. This   
   way we would be able to make a copy of the data and/or an image of their   
   c: drive in case something goes wrong or in case they're not able to   
   adapt to Linux Mint and want to go back.   
      
   We learned there is such a thing as a Linux Repair Café, so if we can   
   find one in the neighbourhood, we could ask their advice or start a   
   cooperation where we can give a small introduction to Linux and then   
   refer people to the café. I could even volunteer to such a café and   
   learn a thing or two myself.   
      
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