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Grex Info Item 264: Name-Changing
Entered by coyote on Sat Oct 28 20:59:46 UTC 1995:

I want to change my name, but GREX won't let me!  I've done the !change thing,
chosen change full name, and put in what I want my new name to be, but my name
is staying the same.  I've evan gone back there and tried changing it again:
when I tried changing it again, it said that my current name was what I wanted
my name to be, but when I post things in a conference I keep this name.  I'm
getting frusterated.  Any help?

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by davel on Sat Oct 28 21:04:14 1995:

Sure.  You've changed it (or I presume so) in /etc/password, but not in
your conference files.  To do that, inside each conference where you
want a new name, enter    set name    (or   change name).  It will
tell you who you are & prompt you for a change.

In the mean time, any *new* conferences you join will think you are
The Lovable Blue Coyote, unless you change something, but *we* all know
better, right?
8-{)}

(Along those lines: resigning and rejoining all your conferences would
also work - but you'd lose all record of what items you'd read; pretty
drastic.)

#2 of 5 by coyote on Sat Oct 28 22:08:11 1995:

Thanks alot

#3 of 5 by orinoco on Sun Oct 29 14:54:22 1995:

davel--you could just resign, rejoin, and use "fixseen" upon rejoining

#4 of 5 by davel on Mon Oct 30 11:20:40 1995:

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#5 of 5 by davel on Mon Oct 30 11:24:23 1995:

Sure.  It's still pretty drastic; it assumes either that you've read
everything, forgotten nothing, etc., or that you want to take the time
to pick & choose what to do a fixseen on.  I included it only because
to some people the resign command is new & obscure, & it's worth knowing.

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