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matts
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help!!!!!
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Jun 24 19:28 UTC 1994 |
is it possible for me to change my login id?
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kentn
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response 1 of 15:
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Jun 24 20:45 UTC 1994 |
On your microcomputer? What sort of microcomputer are you running?
I think it's very possible the change your login id on most microcomputers,
but the specifics vary with the machine...
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matts
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response 2 of 15:
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Jun 24 22:17 UTC 1994 |
no, on grex...you know...matts to something else......
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srw
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response 3 of 15:
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Jun 25 00:15 UTC 1994 |
Technically, no, you can't change it. In effect you can though by taking
out a new account and moving your files to it. You can leave a .forward in
your old account to catch wayward mail for a while. If you mail staff a
request, it is even possible they can create a mail alias for this purpose
after your old account gets nuked.
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scg
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response 4 of 15:
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Jun 25 03:47 UTC 1994 |
Or you can get a staff person to change your account for you. Remmers did
that for yagi (who was embu before that happened).
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omni
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response 5 of 15:
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Jun 25 04:41 UTC 1994 |
Let's see, I was n8lic, aa8ij, now omni. Sure. Ask root and thy'll do it,
or run newuser againm.
Just don't ask me *HOW* it's done. ;)
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kentn
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response 6 of 15:
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Jun 25 05:14 UTC 1994 |
Dang you sure like confusing people, omni... ;)
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davel
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response 7 of 15:
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Jun 25 11:51 UTC 1994 |
With root you can go in and edit /etc/passwd directly. This can be slightly
dangerous if two people (or processes) are updating the file at the same
time. On some systems there's a special version of vi (vipw) that locks
the file using whatever conventions are appropriate, to prevent problems;
but note that a human using vi is likely to take longer (and keep it locked
longer) than something like chfn. Other approaches are possible,
obviously, and there might even be a sysadmin command of some kind that
allows root to make this change as such.
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srw
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response 8 of 15:
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Jun 25 21:28 UTC 1994 |
Actually it's much harder than that. Editing /etc/passwd is not done any
more for security rather than for locking reasons.
What davel said used to be true, though.
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matts
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response 9 of 15:
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Jun 27 01:40 UTC 1994 |
how do some people have diff names for different conferances..
this is what i want to change...not matts ..but matt SMith
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scg
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response 10 of 15:
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Jun 27 05:05 UTC 1994 |
If you want to change your name in /etc/passwd (for example, what it will
show when you send mail or when somebody fingers you) you can type "!chfn"
at the next prompt. If you want to change your name in a conference type
"change name" at a prompt in that conference. If you only want to change
your name for one response, type "ps" at the respond or pass? prompt.
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davel
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response 11 of 15:
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Jun 27 13:06 UTC 1994 |
(That's ps as in pseudonym.)
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matts
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response 12 of 15:
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Jun 27 19:25 UTC 1994 |
i hope this workkkkeed.
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scg
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response 13 of 15:
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Jun 27 20:28 UTC 1994 |
It did, but you have chosen a very racist name. What do you have against
*purple* dinosaurs, and why are they any worse than dinosaurs of any other
color?
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kentn
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response 14 of 15:
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Jun 27 21:09 UTC 1994 |
Purple dinosaurs are the most obnoxious variety. All the other dinosaurs
are extinct, purple ones should also be extinct (and burned at the stake
just to make sure ;).
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arthurp
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response 15 of 15:
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Dec 7 03:22 UTC 1996 |
(Ooops, I was just editing /etc/passwd the other day using vi with no locking.
Course the system I was on is mainly a mail drop for a Novell network. I'm
the only one who logs in regualarly. Anyway, no one seems to be paging me...)
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