Re: Can I rename a local user and have the user directory change its name, too?
From: Ned Flanders (nedfla@hotmail.com)
Date: 08/22/02
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From: "Ned Flanders" <nedfla@hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:45:39 -0500
Ignore the warning, but make sure you re-share it as ws05$ (or whatever
you've configured) and change the user's home directory property to the
newly renamed dir.
"L. Mark Bruffey" <mbruffey@centralseminary.edu> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> I want to rename local user "ws11" to "ws05" and have the user's
> directory change from "ws11" to "ws05" as well. I know how to change
> the users name, but the directory, which does follow the change
> remains named "ws11". If I try to change it to ws05 in explorer,
> Windows warns that the dir should/can not be changed.
>
> Help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
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