Return to BSD News archive
From: rickt@interlog.com (Rick Tomaschuk) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD delete user account Utility! Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:55:54 GMT Reply-To: rickt@interlog.com Message-ID: <33b1bde5.27986141@news.dftl.com> References: <33A62F49.36EABB1F@ctn.net> <33b083d9.49518133@news.dftl.com> <5oqr8g$2ov@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Lines: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: dftl.com Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!news.flex.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-sea-19.sprintlink.net!news-in-west.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!206.222.68.6!news.rns.net!lightning.ica.net!www.dftl.com!www2.dftl.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43527 On 25 Jun 1997 10:17:52 GMT, brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers) wrote: >> 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. > >Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org> > <http://www.awfulhak.org> >Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! Point well taken Rick