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etc

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Registered: 2023-02-28

Posts: 16

[SOLVED] Problem with username change

Dear community,

After consulting the wiki I tried to change my username on arch, proceeding as follows:

Logged into root

usermod -l newname oldname

to change the username without changing the UID,

usermod -d /home/newname -m newname

to change the /home directory accordingly.

I then changed the corresponding group:

groupmod -n newname oldname

With that done, I tried logging into the new user, which worked on a very basic level, but it seems like I lost all of my settings regarding the graphic UI? I am running xfce4, but now I am confronted with a blue screen without menu bar.
My shortcuts still work, but only the upper left of the screen is functional. The right-click context menu doesn't come up at all.

Where did I go wrong or what did I forget?

Thank you for your help!

Last edited by etc (2023-09-26 15:57:29)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with username change

ls -lR $HOME | less # you can also pipe this into fzf

Are all files still there and are the permissions correct?

Tip: You can create a link from the user's former home directory to the new one. Doing this will allow programs to find files that have hardcoded paths.

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etc

Member

Registered: 2023-02-28

Posts: 16

Re: [SOLVED] Problem with username change

ls -lR $HOME | less # you can also pipe this into fzf

Are all files still there and are the permissions correct?

Tip: You can create a link from the user's former home directory to the new one. Doing this will allow programs to find files that have hardcoded paths.

Thanks, the link did it for me! Must have missed that part.