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From: lbw@netcom.com (Len Wilson)
Subject: Re: Remove User/Groups
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Wouter de Boer (wouter.de.boer@pobox.com) wrote:
: Hello,

: 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/group

If you have perl installed, there's a nifty script called 'removeuser'
that will do what you want. I think it's available at perl.com.

Len Wilson