How do I change my username?

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Published on 2011-04-08T08:25:09Z Indexed on 2012/10/23 23:19 UTC
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Some time ago when I installed Ubuntu I chose a rather stupid username for my account that I do not want to use anymore.

How do I change this (including the name of my home directory) without loosing settings for applications? How do I keep permissions and my keys for various authentification (e.g. email, SSH, GPG and more)? What settings could possibly get lost if I changed my username?

Both, command-line and graphical solutions are appreciated.

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