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From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Remove User/Groups
Date: 6 Jan 1997 15:22:51 GMT
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Wouter de Boer (wouter.de.boer@pobox.com) wrote:
: When I add user/groups with the command "adduser", what is the opposite
: of this command ?? I mean how can I remove user without editing the
: "adduser.conf" file ?? I think to remember in Linux there is still a
: command like "deluser". Is ther ealso a command in FreeBSD which remove
: users/groups ??
You can do it manually, which is preferred, IMHO. Comment out
the entry in /etc/passwd / /etc/master.passwd or change the user's
shell. Remove their directories, and you're golden.
OR nab the linux deluser source, and see how it's done.
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Nate [nvp@shore.net||nvp@nfic.com]
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