Normally my username is `tom`. A fresh install is done as user `neon`. Now I wish to rename neon back to tom, and change ~ folder from /home/neon to /home/tom Minor GUI issue in `Manage Users` in system settings: "There was an error saving changes". It is unable to perform user login name change. User is still "neon". Perhaps I will fix with the usermod CLI command, but not sure where to start. You can see my attempts to fix this here: cat /etc/passwd | grep 1000 neon:x:1000:1000:Tom Atkinson:/home/neon:/bin/bash ls -la /home drwxr-xr-x 1 neon neon 5692 Feb 20 10:19 neon drwxr-xr-x 1 neon neon 5660 Feb 20 05:41 tom usermod -d /home/tom neon usermod: user neon is currently used by process 1909 sudo usermod -d /home/tom neon usermod: user neon is currently used by process 1909 usermod --login tom neon usermod: user neon is currently used by process 1909 Maybe I will try this as root prior to graphical login so I will file this report for now: I made this report in case noobs be vexed by it (after entering admin creds it would be nice if panel could detect the permissions issues and ask to fix it automagically). - I installed KDE with user 1000 as "neon" with home inside root / - then i decide i want to mount a home partition at /home and access /home/tom my normal user account. i install with username neon to protect that folder somewhat when installing fresh copy of linux. - cd /home mv neon neon_factory #before i delete i backup factory settings in case - cp -al tom/ neon/ #bringing my old home folder across OBSERVED RESULT EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Created attachment 146951 [details] error saving changes
You can't change the name of your currently-logged-in user; all hell will break loose. You should create a new admin account and make the change from there. We should communicate this in the UI.