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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!newsgate.cuhk.edu.hk!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!usenet From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Need easy-to-use admin software for adding/deleting users... Date: 4 Oct 1996 01:22:06 GMT Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <531oru$3vp@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <slrn556ceq.apv.dtucker@roosevelt.starlinknet.net> Reply-To: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 In article <slrn556ceq.apv.dtucker@roosevelt.starlinknet.net>, dtucker@digital.netvoyage.net (Denoid Tucker) writes: > I'm running 2.1-STABLE and was looking for an easy-to-use admin tool > for deleting users so my customer service people can run it sudo root > and not use vipw. Even one that just locks the password and doesn't > delete anything would be great. I'm open to any and all suggestions. Take a look at /usr/src/usr.sbin/vipw/pw_util.* You can write a tiny program that uses this module - it just file locks the master password file. Remember, you should wander around your system and at least "chown nobody" the users files first. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....