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[timwright]

hi i have an acer aspire one with linpus linux lite version 1.09 based on fedora 7. can anyone help me change my username any fedora commands will work on my laptop so if you know how to do it on fedora please tell me.
thx
tim

[devils casper]

Execute this

id
su -
usermod -l new_id old_id
exit
id

In case it doesn't work, post the output of id command here.

* Its small L in usermod -l.

[timwright]

Execute this

id
su -
usermod -l new_id old_id
exit
id

In case it doesn't work, post the output of id command here.

* Its small L in usermod -l.

I did that and i had to upgrade the bios because i got a blank screen when i turned it on. is there anything else i need to do

[devils casper]

Is there any other problem? Did usermod work?

[timwright]

Is there any other problem? Did usermod work?

no, but i had to put my laptop onto factory settings.

[timwright]

no, but i had to put my laptop onto factory settings.

usermod di work though

[proopnarine]

The problem with you BIOS, and the need to return to factory settings could not possibly have anything to do with executing the usermod command! Are those the only commands that you executed? And, you were changing a non-root user, correct?

[timwright]

The problem with you BIOS, and the need to return to factory settings could not possibly have anything to do with executing the usermod command! Are those the only commands that you executed? And, you were changing a non-root user, correct?

yes. but when i upgraded the bios and turned it on it said that the gdm user didnt exist and i was meant to correct it but i couldn't because it wouldn't let me do anything except turn the laptop off. but i did rename the root user and i definately put in the right commands and changed back to my normal user. the username was definatly changed

[timwright]

yes. but when i upgraded the bios and turned it on it said that the gdm user didnt exist and i was meant to correct it but i couldn't because it wouldn't let me do anything except turn the laptop off. but i did rename the root user and i definately put in the right commands and changed back to my normal user. the username was definatly changed

is there a way that i can make a new user

[proopnarine]

is there a way that i can make a new user

Certainly! You can do this from the command line with the useradd command (man useradd), or you can use one of the GUI tools. Just go to the Administration menu item and look for the "Users and Groups" item. You have to run this as root of course.