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] [-auth] [-encrypt]
           [-config <config directory>]

       pts ren -o <old name> -ne <new name> [-c <cell name>]
           [-no] [-l] [-f] [-h] [-a] [-e]
           [-co <config directory>]

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 OpenAFS 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.

       -auth
           Use the calling user's tokens to communicate with  the  Protection  Server.  For  more  details,  see
           pts(1).

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

       -config <config directory>
           Use an alternate config directory. For more details, see pts(1).

       -encrypt
           Encrypts any communication with the Protection Server. 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.

       -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).

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

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

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This  documentation  is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD
       by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on  work  by  Alf  Wachsmann  and  Elizabeth
       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2025-03-21                                      PTS_RENAME(1)