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Can you change a user name?
Can I do this, without having to teminating and redoing the account? or the MAIN account in an email
Im thinking no,
I've had a look and tried... but don't give up hope, there may be a way!
You certainly can.
WHM > Modify an Account > Select Account > UserName - set it to whatever you want.
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Yes, but how does that affect his last question? The MAIN account in email?
I am just being lazy or else I would test it myself, but I suspect it may change it.
Me tooI am just being lazy or else I would test it myself
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating".
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While I was testing the demo/demo thing for another thread I tested this.
It appears that when you change the username on an account that the unrouted mail still points to the old address. The default mail address seems to change though. This was checked using an account using rvskin. I will look into it again later as it seems strange that it would happen like that.
Changing a username in whm is a little buggy in that it doesnt change all references it needs to. i.e. it may change the home directory, but not the mysql databases.
Changing the admin username
Definitely not. Do not change the username by simply "Modifying the Account".
If you need to change it you need to
a) create the account from scratch with the new admin username.
b) create the databases and database users from scratch in cpanel. grant the database user permission for its corresponding database.
c) restore the database using the mysql dumps contained in the backups into the new databases.
d) create the email accounts from scratch. manually. do the same for aliases, responders, etc. you might try modifying the files in the backup and restoring them independently from the cpanel restore.
e) modify any scripts (config.php typically) to match the new database names and database users; and the new password.
Painstaking! I know!
ER
Im needing to change the username of an account...what is the best way to do so ?
Or is it like eurorocco said, have to do all those steps ?
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