elementary / elementary/settings-useraccounts
Allow changing the username
Open
Priority: Wishlist
- Dominant language
- Vala
- Stars
- 15
- Forks
- 16
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Allow the user to change their username, have it update their home directory name etc..
Not sure if this presents a problem if their home directory is encrypted.
Launchpad Details: [#LP1405490](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1405490) Ezra Sharp - 2014-12-24 21:58:49 +0000
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Research direction
Start with the User Accounts plug and its accountsservice integration, then investigate how username and home-directory changes interact with encrypted home directories. The issue does not name files or tests; done would require a defined, safe behavior for changing the username and updating the associated home directory.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- authentication, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100