Change Username?

[IceCreamMan]

Any idea how I could change my username from homeuser to say... Josh? My mac came like that and it's pretty annoying for some reason... Could I just manualy edit /etc/passwd or would that cause conflicts?

 

[surfwax95]

There's really no way to do it without completely screwing up your computer.

Back up and reinstall.

 

[rman]

Create a new user account and copy the data from the old to the new. Then remove the old account. i believe that is what you are asking.

 

[IceCreamMan]

Alright, I guess I could do that! I don't have a restore CD or I would! I just started my iMac and it went into OS X.

 

[IceCreamMan]

Just an update... I'm removing MS Office from the old account I've renamed to Admin since it has admin status... I'll reinstall everything on the new account that I've named Josh with a shortname of Josh... Everything seems to be smooth now!

 

[yogi]

Just a piece of advice: Never again buy a Mac second-hand withouth the restore CDs. Sooner or later you'll need them for some vague reason, even if it's just a simple disk repair.