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Change name on ubuntu account on my computer

Asked by Byron G Zealey

a friend installed ubuntu on my computer and used his name to name the account. i would like to change the account name to my name on my desktop computer. how do i do this?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you really must (It doesn't affect anything being the wrong name, the system sees you as number 1000, the name is just a human thing):
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-change-rename-user-name-id/

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