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Username displays incorrectly in GUIs, correct in terminal

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1884 / 1 Year ago, thu, january 19, 2023, 4:33:17

My username, which was set for me by university IT, is spelled correctly in the system, shows up correctly in terminal, in my home folder, etc. However, in all the GUI menus and login screen, it appears to be spelled with an "l" instead of a "y". The letter "y" renders correctly elsewhere.

Any reason this might occur? Any ideas on how to fix it? Not a serious problem, just irksome to look at.

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answered 1 Year ago imonove · Accepted Answer

Try to see if the real name is written in the wrong way:

grep rmano /etc/passwd

gives

rmano:x:1001:1001:Romano Gtti,,,:/home/rmano:/bin/zsh

the first is the username, the name after the second number ("Romano Gtti") is the one that appears in login screen etc.

If it's incorrect, you can change it with sudo chfn -f "New Name" user (thanks @steeldriver) or (dangerously) by editing /etc/passwd with sudo vipw.