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  • Ownership on files is recorded as the numerical uid, not the user name. usermod does not change the uid on the user's files, so the files' owner has to be changed with chown. Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 6:32
  • There are no files other than the home directory, and it's fine. Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 6:41
  • @roaima, yes, there is another passwd inside the jail that I missed. If you outline how to do that, I'll mark it as the correct answer. I manually edited the <jail>/etc/passwd file manually. Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 7:45
  • The home folder was automatically updated. Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 7:46