[Samba] is it possible to change a username?

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Thu Dec 4 17:03:55 GMT 2003


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B McGraw wrote:
| One of my users just got married and changed her name.  Can I change her
| username,  just by editing the entry in the smbpasswd file?  or do I
| have to create a new user?  I know for her Unix passwd entry,  I can
| just change her name.  I'm using Samba 2.2.x.

As long as you change it in bpth places, then you will be ok.



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