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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD delete user account Utility!
Date: 25 Jun 1997 10:17:52 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <33b083d9.49518133@news.dftl.com>,
rickt@interlog.com (Rick) writes:
> On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:31:37 +0800, ekolee <ekolee@ctn.net> wrote:
>
>>HI all, I would like to have some help.
>>I would like to know: Are there any tools for remove an old account from
>>my FreeBSD server?
>>I can adduser easily, but I don't know how to erase them.
>
> Log in as root and use 'vipw' to delete the user.
....after doing something useful with their files. If you don't
remove/chown their files, it's possible that the next user
added will inherit ownership of them - not really what most
people would want.
> Rick
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