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Posted: Sep. 07 2005,13:19

Hey. i want to change the defalt username for dsl when you start from a cd and when it is installed

how could i do that?

mikshaw

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Posted: Sep. 07 2005,19:32

/.bash_profile:
change sudo dsl to sudo whatever

Keep in mind that an added user will not be able to do the same things that dsl can, such as installing myDSL apps. A better option, if you really want to have a different username, is to run usermod on your new user, overwriting dsl by setting the same user ID and group ID (1001,50), and keeping the same /home/dsl directory as your home. I don't know if this will give you ALL of the same rights that dsl has...some things might use the actual user name rather than user ID.

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Posted: Sep. 08 2005,05:51

installation of mydsl apps isnt a prob any other probs?

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Posted: Sep. 08 2005,15:04

The "sudo dsl" above should have read "su - dsl"...my mistake.

I can't think of anything that would pose a serious problem. If you already have a new user added, I'd say go ahead and change the /.bash_profile and see how it goes....i doubt anything will break.

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Posted: Sep. 10 2005,13:24

i changed that file and now all i get is an error pretty much saying that it cant find /home/username

and then it asks for a password even tho there isnt one on the account

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