# Can I rename "system" user permanently?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-rename-system-user-permanently/14909>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014 年4 月 20 日 14:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-rename-system-user-permanently/14909 "2014-04-20T14:51:05Z")\
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作者： ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
发布日期： [2014 年8 月 8 日 02:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-rename-system-user-permanently/14909/6 "2014-08-08T02:18:45Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Changing the system user name should work OK in theory

no guarantees here, code would need to be reviewed to confirm. we kind of expect the username to be system.

Except for that

1. Avatar should be changeable eg: [Profile - system - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/users/system/activity)
2. Long name should be changeable

If either of these are reverted after seeding they should be raised separately as a bug.

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