Can I change the administrator's account name

I do NOT want to change the adminstrator short name or the administrator password. But I'm wondering whether I can change the administrator long name (account name?) by editing the "Name:" field in the administrator's account pane under the Password tab. And if I can change the name is this is a good idea or will I open a pandora's box of problems.
Permission problems? - will there be ownership problems if the account owner's long name is changed but the short name is not,
Login problems? - I assume the login window will show the usual picture icon for the administrator but with the new long name. And by clicking the icon I'll have no problem logging in as long as I supply the old unchanged password.
File sharing problems? - If I want to login (Connect) to the administrator's account from another machine then could I use either the new administrator long name or the old unchanged short name to do this?
What else?
Eric

Eric Walton wrote:
I do NOT want to change the adminstrator short name or the administrator password. But I'm wondering whether I can change the administrator long name (account name?) by editing the "Name:" field in the administrator's account pane under the Password tab. And if I can change the name is this is a good idea or will I open a pandora's box of problems.
I changed the long name & did not observe any problems.
Permission problems? - will there be ownership problems if the account owner's long name is changed but the short name is not,
Mac OS X uses the short name internally.
Login problems? - I assume the login window will show the usual picture icon for the administrator but with the new long name. And by clicking the icon I'll have no problem logging in as long as I supply the old unchanged password.
correct
File sharing problems? - If I want to login (Connect) to the administrator's account from another machine then could I use either the new administrator long name or the old unchanged short name to do this?
Have not tried this. You can use the short name.

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