ll2_rename_user - Renames a user entry.
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Availability
The liblastlog2 library is part of the util-linux package since version 2.40. It can be downloaded from
Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
util-linux 2.41 2025-02-26 LL2_RENAME_USER(3)
Description
Changes user name from user to newname of one entry in database, which is defined by context. All other
entries with the user user will be deleted. If context is NULL, the default database, defined in
LL2_DEFAULT_DATABASE, will be taken.
char *error = NULL;
const char *user = "root";
const char *new_user = "notroot";
int ret = ll2_rename_user (NULL, user, new_user, &error);
Name
ll2_rename_user - Renames a user entry.
Reporting Bugs
For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.
Return Value
Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM or -1 on other failure. error contains an error string if the return value
is -1. error is not guaranteed to contain an error string, could also be NULL. error should be freed by
the caller.
See Also
lastlog2(3), ll2_new_context(3),*ll2_unref_context(3),*ll2_read_all(3), ll2_write_entry(3), ll2_read_entry(3), ll2_remove_entry(3), ll2_update_login_time(3), ll2_import_lastlog(3)
Synopsis
#include<lastlog2.h>intll2_rename_user(structll2_context*context,constchar*user,constchar*newname,char**error);
