Linux_Kent
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how to change username and password on debian 10 ?!
Default Username and Pwd on debian
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Since Debian 10 just recently came out, I would ask if this is a new installation for you? If yes, then the simplest thing might just be to reinstall Debian and create the username and password that you prefer.
Another method might be to simply create a new user with the username that you want, and to start using that account instead. You would probably need to add this new username to the wheel group, or sudoers... whatever Debian uses to allow a regular user to elevate privileges to root.
If you really want to change the existing user name, check out this article about using the
If you mean to change the root username... don't. You can change the root password, but it would generally be a bad idea to change root's username.
Cheers
Another method might be to simply create a new user with the username that you want, and to start using that account instead. You would probably need to add this new username to the wheel group, or sudoers... whatever Debian uses to allow a regular user to elevate privileges to root.
If you really want to change the existing user name, check out this article about using the
usermod command to do this. Although the article is pretty old, Ubuntu is based on Debian, so these instructions are probably still valid. It would be a good idea to refer the man pages for usermod in Debian to make sure that this command will work as expected.If you mean to change the root username... don't. You can change the root password, but it would generally be a bad idea to change root's username.
Cheers
