usermod
Modify a user account. See also:
users
,useradd
,userdel
. More information: https://manned.org/usermod.
- Change a username:
sudo usermod {{-l|--login}} {{new_username}} {{username}}
- Change a user ID:
sudo usermod {{-u|--uid}} {{id}} {{username}}
- Change a user shell:
sudo usermod {{-s|--shell}} {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}
- Add a user to supplementary groups (mind the lack of whitespace):
sudo usermod {{-a|--append}} {{-G|--groups}} {{group1,group2,...}} {{username}}
- Change a user home directory:
sudo usermod {{-m|--move-home}} {{-d|--home}} {{path/to/new_home}} {{username}}