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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to remove users?
Date: 18 Nov 1995 20:35:53 GMT
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MICHAEL <michael@gnj.or.jp> writes:

>How do I remove a user?

Remove the user's home directory with rm -rf ~user.

Delete the passwd entry for this user with vipw(8).

-- 
cheers, J"org

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