Changing your account full name

Is there some way to change the fullname of an account?
My current account is like this:
Fullname: John Doe
UNIX name: john
I want my Fullname to also be just John, because it frequently puts in my last name when I don't want it to in various apps, and I see it from other systems when I rather just see my given name as my full name.
If I try to change my fullname to "John", it says the name is taken, which isn't true, but I assume is because it matches the account UNIX name.
Since the two do not conflict, this is likely a bug in the account preference. Anyone found a way around it?
You can create brand new accounts with the same fullname and UNIX name, but evidently can't do that once one has been created.
Thanks.

Ah, figured it out... run the following command with sudo or from root account:
dscl . create /users/<shortname> RealName <new long name>
That fixes it nicely.

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If you use an AOL screen name to sign in to the iTunes Store, editing your information on the Apple Account Information page will not carry over to your AOL account. If you need to update your AOL account information, contact AOL.
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