Sometimes there is a requirement to rename users in the Horde DB. eg: you move from a system with 'standard' users to one where virtual hosting is used. In such a situation the old user may be 'fred' and the new user may be 'fred@hisdomain.com'

The script below seems to work for the following apps:

• Address Book (turba)
  • Calendar (kronolith)
  • File Manager (gollem)
  • Filters (ingo)
  • Horde (horde)
  • Mail (imp)
  • News (jonah)
  • Notes (mnemo)
  • Password (passwd)
  • Tasks (nag)
  • Tickets (whups)
  • Time Tracking (hermes)

YMMV and more apps will need more changes of course.

BACKUP YOU DB BEFORE RUNNING ANYTHING LIKE THIS!

#!/bin/sh

function horde_rename() {

  new=$2; old=$1

  echo Rename $old \-\> $new

  mysql -u horde -ppassword horde << EOF

update hermes_timeslices set employee_id = '$new' where employee_id = '$old';

update horde_datatree set user_uid = '$new' where user_uid = '$old';

update horde_datatree set datatree_name = '$new' where datatree_name = '$old' and user_uid = '$new';

update horde_datatree_attributes set attribute_value = '$new' where attribute_value = '$old' and attribute_key = 'who';

update horde_datatree_attributes set attribute_key= '$new' where attribute_key = '$old' and attribute_name = 'perm_users';

update horde_datatree_attributes set attribute_value = '$new' where attribute_value = '$old' and attribute_name = 'owner';

update horde_prefs set pref_uid = '$new' where pref_uid = '$old';

update kronolith_events set event_creator_id = '$new' where event_creator_id = '$old';

update kronolith_events set calendar_id = '$new' where calendar_id = '$old';

update mnemo_memos set memo_owner = '$new' where memo_owner = '$old';

update nag_tasks set task_owner = '$new' where task_owner = '$old';

update turba_objects set owner_id = '$new' where owner_id = '$old';

update whups_queues_users set user_uid = '$new' where user_uid = '$old';

update whups_users_searches set user_uid = '$new' where user_uid = '$old';

EOF

  echo Done with $new

}

horde_rename 'fred' 'fred@hisdomain.com'

I did notice that notepads, tasks lists, calendars, etc. become 'hidden' after doing this. No data appears to be lost and users simply have to re-select the ones they want to see though.