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usermod

Modifies a user account. See also: users, useradd, userdel. More information: https://manned.org/usermod.

• Change a username:
   
  sudo usermod --login {{new_username}} {{username}}
   
• Change a user id:
   
  sudo usermod --uid {{id}} {{username}}
   
• Change a user shell:
   
  sudo usermod --shell {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}
   
• Add a user to supplementary groups (mind the lack of whitespace):
   
  sudo usermod --append --groups {{group1,group2,...}} {{username}}
   
• Change a user home directory:
   
  sudo usermod --move-home --home {{path/to/new_home}} {{username}}