How to change the name of local user

Apologies for this newbie question.
I have Mac OS X Server 10.5 running on an iMac. I have set up a local user account on the iMac for a user called "Anna". Anna has since left our organisation, so I would like to change the ownership and login of this local user account to another user, "David". Can anyone advise me how to do this?
Many thanks,
Greg

Sorry, I'm a complete newbie.
If I go to System Preferences > Accounts and create a new User Name and Password ("David") for the old user account ("Anna"), I can't log in to the account because the Server Account still says "This account is paired with account "Anna" on server "/LDAPv3/127.0.0.1". There is an option to "Unpair" but I'm scared to do this because I don't know the ramifications and I'm worried that I might be locked out of the user account and lose access to the data.
I really appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Greg

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