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Old 03-15-2006
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Hi,

I need to change some users login name in AIX. With solaris i donīt had problems, i have used "usermod". But in AIX the usermod command donīt have the same behavior. Can someone give me a tip on how to perform these changes?

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Can't you assign them a new user id with the mkuser command?
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Hi jyoung,

I donīt want change the uid. I need to change de login name without change the uid.

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would there be a problem with removing the user and re-adding with the new name but with original UID?
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Hi ScatterBrain,

No, itīs not a problem. But in Solaris a donīt need to do that, i can just rename the account. Recreate the user is the only solution to rename it in AIX?

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You can do the same in AIX, the command is "chuser". See "man chuser" for a detailed explanation.

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bakuninm I don't see the option to change the username in the man page. None of the attributes seem to cover this.
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