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Changing username in AIX
Name: pnbalaji Date: February 28, 2008 at 09:40:46 Pacific OS: AIX 5.3 CPU/Ram: 16GB Product: IBM, 7026-H80
Comment:
Hi,
I want to change the unix username. Can some one tell me how to do it? I am part of the security group.
I don't want to edit the /etc/passwd file to overwrite the username.
Name: wollie Date: March 3, 2008 at 00:17:08 Pacific
Reply:
Balaji,
my knowledge regarding AIX is a bit outdated. I know that there is an admin interface called smit which allows you to maintain users. As far as I remember it doesn't allow to change a users name. My proposal would be to do it via "vi /etc/passwd".
Wollie
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Response Number 2
Name: pnbalaji Date: March 20, 2008 at 09:46:11 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
I am able to change the username using the following command.
chuser gecos="User name" userid.
This works fine, but the user who executes the above command needs to be part of the "security" group.
Just wanted to share since I guess this is an easy solution.
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