[BlueOnyx:12870] Re: Renaming user accounts

Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet cobaltfacts at virtbiz.com
Wed Apr 17 08:02:20 -05 2013


Hi Eric,
On 4/17/2013 7:55 AM, Eric Peabody wrote:
> Or is it recommended to create a second account, copy the data from the
> old home directory to the new?  That might be simpler in the end.

Yes. That way.  ;)

Or... just make sure that you have good strong passwords on all the 
accounts and lock out attackers with pam_abl.   That has worked for a 
long, long time for us.  Ever since 5106R was first implemented (and we 
were an early adopter!)

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