Changed user name after install

[towwire]

I created 2 partitions for a new install using the January snapshot. When I created the user I wanted to make sure that I did not forget which system I was using. So instead of using 'towwire' I used towwire2'. After, with the new desktop picture I new I should have stayed with 'towwire'. So here are the steps I did. Did I forget anything?

Login as root and open a terminal.

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Even though 'towwire2' should not have anything running I
root@mx:~# pkill -u towwire2 pid
root@mx:~# pkill -9 -u towwire2
Then change user to 'towwire' from 'towwire2'
root@mx:~# usermod -l towwire towwire2
usermod: warning: /var/mail/towwire2 not owned by towwire2
I think the above is because I'm root
Then to change Home to 'towwire'
root@mx:~# usermod -d /home/towwire -m towwire
root@mx:~# id towwire
uid=1000(towwire) gid=1000(towwire) groups=1000(towwire),7(lp),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),100(users),108(netdev),114(vboxsf),116(lpadmin),119(scanner)
root@mx:~# grep 'towwire' /etc/group
lp:x:7:towwire
dialout:x:20:towwire
cdrom:x:24:towwire
floppy:x:25:towwire
sudo:x:27:towwire
audio:x:29:pulse,towwire
dip:x:30:towwire
video:x:44:towwire
plugdev:x:46:towwire
users:x:100:towwire
netdev:x:108:towwire
vboxsf:x:114:towwire
lpadmin:x:116:towwire
scanner:x:119:saned,towwire
towwire:x:1000:
root@mx:~# 

So I logout and back in as 'towwire'. The question is did I forget anything? Every thing seemed to work except for this error when I did an update.

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Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-1-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_asd.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sos.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_rlc.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec2.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_me.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_pfp.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_ce.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma1.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_uvd.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_vce.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_smc.bin for module amdgpu

full upgrade complete (or was canceled)

this terminal window can now be closed (press any key to close)

Sorry I did not copy what was above the error.
Here is the inxi.

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towwire@mx:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: mx Kernel: 4.19.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 
           Distro: MX-18_x64 Continuum Dec 20  2018 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A serial: <root required> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: F2A88X-UP4 v: x.x serial: <root required> 
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: F8a date: 12/14/2015 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G bits: 64 
           type: MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           Speed: 1697 MHz min/max: 1700/3700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1697 2: 1696 3: 1696 
           4: 1695 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Kaveri [Radeon R7 Graphics] driver: radeon v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD KAVERI (DRM 2.50.0 4.19.0-1-amd64 LLVM 7.0.0) 
           v: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.6 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-1-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 74:d4:35:57:f2:98 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 13.44 GiB (0.5%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1CH164 size: 1.82 TiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1ER162 size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 14.70 GiB used: 5.63 GiB (38.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda9 
           ID-2: /home size: 19.56 GiB used: 7.81 GiB (39.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda10 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 2.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 4 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 186 Uptime: 54m Memory: 30.38 GiB used: 580.4 MiB (1.9%) Shell: bash 
           inxi: 3.0.29 
towwire@mx:~

[fehlix]

I created 2 partitions for a new install using the January snapshot. When I created the user I wanted to make sure that I did not forget which system I was using. So instead of using 'towwire' I used towwire2'. After, with the new desktop picture I new I should have stayed with 'towwire'. So here are the steps I did. Did I forget anything?

Probably yes.
Changing username after installation is risky (ina sense not working user environment) and not recommended.
You can achieve it in 2-3 simple steps:
- create new temp-user ( this will get user-id 1001, gid 1001)
- login as temp-user
- remove old-user
- create new-user again with desired username ( MX Tools -> MX User manager)
If you desire is to get back user-id/grup-id 1000 for the new-user
Check if new-user's uid, group-id ( if this is now 1002)
- replace all 1002 in /etc/passwd and /etc/group with original 1000
and change ownership of /home/new-user to 1000:1000 recursively.
Login as new-user and if all work remove temp-user

[towwire]

This is just a test setup since I could not get a program to build on my main side. I did search and it said this could be done so I tried it. I may just wait till the February snapshot and reinstall. This is to learn to build programs etc.

[penguin]

Some times ago I goggled and arrived to change user name(my self) successfully in MX Linux and Sparky Linux.I confirm that everything has gone perfect and runs fine.

Have a look here

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https://askubuntu.com/questions/34074/how-do-i-change-my-username

but check also some articles similar to this on internet as follow :

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https://www.google.no/search?client=opera&biw=1205&bih=609&ei=0mJfXP6cLsjN6ATikbPYCQ&q=linux+change+user+name&oq=linux+change+user+name&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i7i30j0i7i10i30l3j0j0i30l2j0i5i30j0i5i10i30j0i5i30.2141.3161..5408...0.0..0.202.805.2j3j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i13j0i7i30i19j0i7i10i30i19j0i7i5i30i19j0i7i5i10i30i19j0i8i7i30i19.flzvoHX_3EM

[fehlix]

Some times ago I goggled and arrived to change user name(my self) successfully in MX Linux and Sparky Linux.I confirm that everything has gone perfect and runs fine.

Thanks, for posting that link. Yes, you can fix and change user-id, group-id, onwership etc and change permissions this way
or similar as I wrote above. Nevertheless one main issue remains. If the user has already installed applications,
those will certainly also have placed it's app-settings somewhere within the users-home directory. And in most cases,
those settings do have the username and user-home directory "hard-coded" within those settings.
And it is not a simple task to find and adjust all these settings, as some are stored in "binary" like files, which you cannot simply edit. What I do sometimes if I really need to do this, is to keep a symlink-link within home with the older username pointing to the new home of the new user. By this I can make sure at least that any application still is working ... but that's a hack

[towwire]

Some times ago I goggled and arrived to change user name(my self) successfully in MX Linux and Sparky Linux.I confirm that everything has gone perfect and runs fine.

Thanks, for posting that link. Yes, you can fix and change user-id, group-id, onwership etc and change permissions this way
or similar as I wrote above. Nevertheless one main issue remains. If the user has already installed applications,
those will certainly also have placed it's app-settings somewhere within the users-home directory. And in most cases,
those settings do have the username and user-home directory "hard-coded" within those settings.
And it is not a simple task to find and adjust all these settings, as some are stored in "binary" like files, which you cannot simply edit. What I do sometimes if I really need to do this, is to keep a symlink-link within home with the older username pointing to the new home of the new user. By this I can make sure at least that any application still is working ... but that's a hack

I did the searches and followed one to do the name change etc. But before that I did updates and the only programs I installed were Pale Moon with the extensions I use and SMplayer. I then installed what I need to do the builds for MakeMKV and CCextractor since I could not build them on my regular system. They ran find after the name change, I did have to edit Makemkv settings.conf file to change the path to ccextractor since it's not install system wide, that's it. The error was after name change, I checked for updates and did them. That happen this morning.

[fehlix]

The error was after name change, I checked for updates and did them. That happen this morning.

Thanks, actually the firmware messages above are "W"-warnings, have probably nothing to do whith your user change actions. And as often such warnings can be regarded as "info" - to be ignored.

[figueroa]

As a system admin I do sometimes run into the need to change a user's username, uid or gid, but it's not always as straight forward as documented, and over the years has probably become more prone to file ownership problems. I like fehlix's approach. it seems messy, but it's a highly reliable few steps to take.

[nour]

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Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-1-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_asd.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sos.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_rlc.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec2.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_mec.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_me.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_pfp.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_ce.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma1.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_sdma.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_uvd.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_vce.bin for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega20_smc.bin for module amdgpu

full upgrade complete (or was canceled)
this terminal window can now be closed (press any key to close)

What about this error now Tutuapp 9apps Showbox ?
As I understand, kernel and system components are independant from all users so creating or deleting a user should not make a difference for the system components, but here we see that it can't find some og GPU modues if I'm not mistaken.

[dolphin_oracle]

the kernel includes drivers for amd parts that haven't been brought into the firmware package yet. I don't think they are available yet.