#!/usr/bin/env bash # Renames a user # Required arguments: old user name, new user name if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then echo "Usage: $0 old-user new-user" exit 1 fi oldUser="$1" newUser="$2" # Make sure old user exists if ! id "$oldUser" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "The user $oldUser does not exist." exit 1 fi # Make sure old user is not logged in if pgrep -u "$oldUser" >/dev/null; then echo "The user $oldUser is currently logged in or has running processes. Cannot continue." echo "Would you like to forcibly log out $oldUser? (Y/N)" read -r answer answer="${answer:0:1}" answer="${answer^}" if [[ "$answer" != "Y" ]]; then exit 1 fi loginctl terminate-user "$oldUser" sleep 2 if pgrep -u "$oldUser" >/dev/null; then echo "The user $oldUser still has running processes after termination. Cannot continue." exit 1 fi fi # Make sure new user does not exist if id "$newUser" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "The user name $newUser is already taken." exit 1 fi # Make sure the new name is acceptable if ! [[ "$newUser" =~ ^[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]{0,31}$ ]]; then echo "$newUser is not an acceptable user name." exit 1 fi # Passed all safety checks, proceed with the rename groups=$(id -nG "$oldUser") groups="${groups// /,}" usermod -G "$groups" -m -d "/home/$newUser" -l "$newUser" "$oldUser" # Update nodm.conf if it exists if [[ -e /etc/nodm.conf ]]; then sed -i -e "s#^NODM_USER=.*#NODM_USER='$newUser'#" -e "s#^NODM_XSESSION=.*#NODM_XSESSION='/home/$newUser/.xinitrc'#" /etc/nodm.conf fi # Copy over crontab if it exists if crontab -u "$oldUser" -l >/tmp/${oldUser}_crontab.bak 2>/dev/null; then if crontab -u "$newUser" "/tmp/${oldUser}_crontab.bak"; then rm "/tmp/${oldUser}_crontab.bak" else echo "Warning: failed to restore crontab for $newUser." rm "/tmp/${oldUser}_crontab.bak" fi fi # Update linger if [[ -e "/var/lib/systemd/linger/$oldUser" ]]; then mv "/var/lib/systemd/linger/$oldUser" "/var/lib/systemd/linger/$newUser" fi # Optionally update files in new home directory echo "Would you like to search for references to $oldUser and update them to $newUser in files located in /home/$newUser?" echo "This can take a while. (Y/N)" read -r answer answer="${answer:0:1}" answer="${answer^}" if [[ "$answer" == "Y" ]]; then find "/home/$newUser" -type f -exec sed -i "s|$oldUser|$newUser|g" "{}" \; fi exit 0