Your username is the name by which you log on via a console. To view your username, open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T). Your username will be the text before the at symbol (@).
Questions tagged [username]
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How do I change the name that is displayed when I login?
When installing Ubuntu it asked me for a name. I entered it as name (space) lastname. Now when I get to login screen, it greets me by that name. I want to change it, in fact to remove last name.
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How to change 'Your Name'?
I'm new to Ubuntu 14.10, and I want to change the 'your name' (appear at the time of Installation) from hanu to Hanu in Terminal, i.e., hanu@4268 to Hanu@4268.
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Where, in Ubuntu's files, is stored the full name of a user?
Usually the users have a full name associated to them, where is that stored?
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How can I change the username
zadsfad@ubuntu
How can I change the username (zadsfad)? If I change the host name, the 'ubuntu' section is changed.
Should I reinstall Ubuntu?
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usermod change the username
I tried this command
root@node1:~# usermod -l node1admin serveradmin -d /home/node1admin -m
Usage: usermod [options] LOGIN
It keeps saying I have wrong command. The help provides only the options, doesn't really tell me the format. But where is the…
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Change username without loggin
In order to change username it is necesary to be not logged in.
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How can I start linux without log in? Even if I start in recovery mode it appears that the user is started.
I have tried in recovery mode but get:
usermod: user username is…
user694353
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I want to change my user name
I do not know how to login as a different user except for guest.I want to change my user name because I misspelled it during installation. Please advise.
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Changing the username in terminal in Ubuntu 14.04
I recently purchased a second hand Dell Latitude laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 installed in it. After playing around with it, I've managed to change the hostname of the computer, such that it displays my name as the hostname. I mean- when I open the…
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Fixing links on sidebar of file explorer after changing username
I changed my username and home directory as described in this ask-ubuntu-link. However, now I can not access many items on sidebar (Documents, music, pictures) by clicking because the link is associated with my old user id while folders' names have…
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How to change the username and computer name?
I clone my No.1 OS in VMware, the username and computer name are node1, now i clone it and want to make the cloned one's username and computer name became node2. how can i do ?
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'whoami' returns 'root' - how do I set myself up as user?
Just installed Ubuntu on Windows 10, I am a total beginner and new to this and I did see the prompt to provide my username, but by the time I found out what my username was (which had to match Windows apparently), that prompt was gone and never came…
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What is my username/usermod?
I am trying to follow these instructions to allow other users to access my ext drives.
Except I need to use my own username, and I just don't know what that is. I thought it would be the name I gave to my own Ubuntu account, but apparently is not.
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Where do I find username & password for newly installed 14.04 LTS
I have just installed ubuntu 14.04 LTS and it is asking for a username and password. I don't have one. What do I do please? ctrl alt delete does not work neither does ctrl alt t
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Eeebuntu inexperienced user, forgot my username but I know my password how can I find it without logging in?
I had lost this computer around the house and now that I'm trying to get back onto it I have completely forgotten my login name
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i disabled my user account
I accidentally disabled my user account. I've changed the administrator password and when I reboot, the log in "user 1" comes up and when I type in my password it won't let me log in. It says that my account is disabled and I should contact my…
