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NAME

       pts_rename - Changes the name of a Protection Database entry

SYNOPSIS

       pts rename -oldname <old name> -newname <new name>
           [-cell <cell name>]  [-noauth]  [-localauth]
           [-force]  [-help]

       pts ren -o <old name> -ne <new name> [-c <cell name>]
           [-no] [-l] [-f] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The pts rename command changes the name of the user, machine, or group
       entry specified by the -oldname argument to the name specified by the
       -newname argument. It is not possible to change a user or machine
       entry’s name to look like a regular group entry’s name (have a colon in
       it).

       Members of the system:administrators group can change a regular group
       name into a prefix-less name and vice versa. When changing a prefix-
       less group name into a regular group name or a regular group name to
       another regular group name, the owner field of the new name (the part
       before the colon) must correctly reflect the group’s owner.

       Changing a regular group’s owner with the pts chown command
       automatically changes the owner field (the part before the colon) of
       the group’s name, but does not change the owner field of any groups
       owned by the group. Use this command to rename those groups to a form
       that accurately reflects their ownership.

CAUTIONS

       By convention, many aspects of an AFS user account have the same name
       as the user’s Protection Database entry, including the Authentication
       Database entry, volume, and mount point. When using this command to
       change a user name, also change the names of all related entities to
       maintain consistency. For instructions, see the chapter on user
       accounts in the IBM AFS Administration Guide.

OPTIONS

       -oldname <old name>
           Specifies the current full name of the entry.

       -newname <new name>
           Specifies the new full name for the entry. For regular groups, the
           owner field (the part before the colon) of the new name must
           reflect the actual ownership of the group.

       -cell <cell name>
           Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see
           pts(1).

       -noauth
           Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer. For more
           details, see pts(1).

       -localauth
           Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local
           /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. Do not combine this flag with the
           -cell or -noauth options. For more details, see pts(1).

       -force
           Enables the command to continue executing as far as possible when
           errors or other problems occur, rather than halting execution at
           the first error.

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
           are ignored.

EXAMPLES

       The following example changes the name of the group staff, owned by the
       privileged user "admin", to "admin:staff":

          % pts rename -oldname staff -newname admin:staff

       The following example changes the name of the group "admin:finance" to
       the group "finance". The issuer must belong to the
       system:administrators group.

          % pts rename -oldname admin:finance -newname finance

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       To change a regular group name to a prefix-less name or vice versa, or
       to change a user or machine entry’s name, the issuer must belong to the
       system:administrators group.

       To change a group name to a new name of the same type (regular or
       prefix-less), the issuer must own the group or belong to the
       system:administrators group.

SEE ALSO

       pts(1), pts_chown(1)

COPYRIGHT

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