Re-owning a system to pass on

Peter Flynn peter at silmaril.ie
Mon Sep 18 23:06:15 UTC 2023


On 18/09/2023 17:16, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:21:39 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,?
> not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 
>> [...] what is the best procedure for re-owning the system under
>> their name?
> 
> Step 1: Make a backup! 
> Step 2: Create a new user w/admin privs > Step 3: Delete your username> Step 4: Delete your home directory

Thanks very much.

> Optional: diddle with /etc/hostname and /hosts to change the
> computer's name,

I'll leave that to them :-)

Peter



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