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Messed up my user profile :( help

Asked by StoneEagle

When installing Unbuntu, I used adam1 as the user and everything was working great. I decided I wanted a different user name so in Users and Groups I changed the name there along with the home directory so that it would reflect my new name instead of the adam1. I now realize what I did since I can't get back in. The only access I have at the moment is the command line. Is there a way to fix that directory setting for the admin through the command line? Any help would be most appreciated, otherwise I guess I will need to reinstall.

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Clóvis Fabrício (nosklo) said : 		#1

login in command line and do (dont forget to use your new user name instead of NEWUSERNAME):

cd /
sudo usermod NEWUSERNAME -d /home/adam1

that will change directory configuration of the new user name back to old directory.

Then you can do if you wish:

sudo usermod NEWUSERNAME -d /home/NEWUSERNAME -m

That will change home directory to the new username directory, but moving the directory contents. That way you can change the directory and still login.

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