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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!mindspring!psinntp!ns2.telegroup.com!usenet From: Richard Windmann <richardw@mail.telegroup.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP! how do you remove a user from BSD ????? Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 13:38:58 -0600 Organization: Telegroup, Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <331C7A52.5063@mail.telegroup.com> References: <01bbede1$0735a000$664c1bcc@tony.gcr1.com> <331B393F.41C67EA6@netsinc.com> <331B8DA4.4EF0@postoffice.ptd.net> Reply-To: richardw@mail.telegroup.com NNTP-Posting-Host: fw.telegroup.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b2 (WinNT; I) To: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@postoffice.ptd.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36558 Thomas M. Sommers wrote: > > Tim Daneliuk wrote: > > > > 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. > > Don't overlook the possibility that the to-be-deleted user may own files > in other directories. In particular... /var/mail/username /var/mail/.username.pop /usr/home/username (Check the directory first - might contain a sym link to / and that would be painful - wouldn't it?) /etc/aliases (check to make sure the have no aliases) Rick