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From: Clint Wolff <clint_w@colorado.cirrus.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Getting rid of users.
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 09:04:36 -0700
Organization: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
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References: <588l8g$77f@kanga.accessone.com>
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erick@accessone.com wrote:
>
> What is the best way to delete everything about a user in FreeBSD. I'm new
> to the system but know other versions of UNIX. Are there any neat utilities to
> take care of this chore from the command line or X-Windows? Or is it time to
> script it all again?
>
> Thanks!
A quick a dirty way is to nuke a user (say erick :) is:
find / -user erick -exec rm {} \;
and then use 'vipw' to delete the user from your passwd file.
clint
PS The backslash in the 'find' command is required to prevent the
shell from interpreting the semicolon...
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