ldaprenameuser(1)

ldaprenameuser1

Renames a posix user account in ldap.

Usage

_ldaprenameuser {<old username | uid> <new username>}

Options

<old username | uid>

The old name or uid of the user to rename.

<new username>

The new name of the user.

Limitations

Group entries will NOT be updated. This means several groups may contain users that NO LONGER exist after having renamed a user. Home directories are NOT renamed (neither in he LDAP directory, nor on the filesystem).

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10–13

Availability

The ldapscripts are provided under the GNU General Public License v2 (see COPYING for more details). The latest version of the ldapscripts is available on : http://contribs.martymac.org

Bugs

No bug known.

From ldapscripts 2.0.8-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.