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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!enigma.staff.ichange.com!News From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@netsinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP! how do you remove a user from BSD ????? Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 14:49:03 -0600 Organization: Nets Inc. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <331B393F.41C67EA6@netsinc.com> References: <01bbede1$0735a000$664c1bcc@tony.gcr1.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eskimo.industry.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36477 Tony wrote: > > I've done it once before by deleting files, and it worked BUT there must be > a command > or a switch on a command to remove users from the system ???? > > Thanks, > Tony > -- > > >>>> N5GPI WWW SITE - HTTP://WWW.GCR1.COM/N5GPI <<<< > Best Experienced with Microsoft Internet Explorer 2+ The simplest way I know is to run 'vipw' and delete the line containing the entry for that user. Be sure also to remove that user's directory and their entries in the /etc/group file. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Tundra" Tim Daneliuk System Architect, Nets Inc. email: tundra@netsinc.com Voice/FAX: 847.827.1706 Pager: 630.223.0266 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------