Change Linux Username & Hostname

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[superkool]

brother. no joke, im pretty new into this world (stuck in tutorial hell rather), and i have to say - every single thing ive looked up - YOUVE HAD A VIDEO FOR. its amazing. thanks so much man. truly. EDIT: worked flawlessly, and in the best way (nothing broken!!!) Thanks again man!

[jonathanowah]

I've struggled with this for days. Your video helped me resolve it within minutes. Thanks.

[_nnNobdy]

i get an "usermod: user <usename> is currently used by process 368" error. when i run ps there is no process with that id or whatever id it says. please help!

[raoultesla]

omFg, a simple, 0 loud crap music, step by step. this is so Novel. cheers

[PS_Tube]

Simple and clean video Ryan. Thank you.

[mellowgeekstudio]

In usermod, the -d flag is the NEW user directory, it is not used to "override" the old user directory. The -m flag is used to move the old user directory contents to the new one (it does not have an argument). Then we have the argument of the whole command, kali, which indicates which user we are changing the name of. In the example given, the command should have been:
"usermod -l ryan -d /home/ryan -m kali"
That way, all the content inside /home/kali is moved to new user user directory /home/ryan, how it should be (user directory should have the same name as the user).

[SavageScientist]

this is a great video, i like how everything in linux is commandlinable.

[securesherlock]

Thank you so much! It works! I struggled for days, but yay!

[pixelhead]

Thanks for the tutorial, everything works fine but there is one issue how can I change the name of the user directory in /home/from Kali to Myname.

[patrik-kevinszucs]

When is write sudo apt install gedit it says ‘E: Unable to locate package gedit’

[scotking]

I tried doing what you said after editing /etc/hosts as you show and restarting I could not login user root. Does root have a default pw? It's not kali or root or toor. Also, I have read that root is no longer a username with kali. Is that right?

[avalanchetqsterr]

I installed linux 2023.3 in cmd windows, when i entered i automatically had changed hostname, could that make a trouble?

[Ezekielbassey-xkim]

i followed through all of the instructions but i am sturk in host name in that final stage of changing the name i have i press the enter button but instead it enter another line

[anilchaudhary]

How should I save download file or tool permanently in usb drive and i am using bootable USB live persistence i lost all File after reboot or restart

[googlelimp]

that dont work for me mate keeps popping up saying usermod: homedir must be an absolute path

[NevinduSilva]

Thanks a lot man. I changed my hostname and it worked.

[goldengoatfilms]

Am I supposed to see a second IP address underneath the very first one ? If so I don’t have one to replace “kali” with my username ????😢

[Xerkies]

Did what you said but after the restarting i its stuck on SDDM

[Tayariclashki]

I am create one payload for Android but in it not connect with me
Sessions are not generated
What should I do??

[innohnakitare]

can't operate failed to connect to bus host down what should I do