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From: hw@thor.shn.com (Henning Wickhorst)
Subject: Re: How to remove users?
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 14:35:35 GMT
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: MICHAEL <michael@gnj.or.jp> writes:

: >How do I remove a user?

: Remove the user's home directory with rm -rf ~user.

: Delete the passwd entry for this user with vipw(8).

Also check for cron files of that user, which should be deleted.

Henning

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Henning Wickhorst        Elmshorn, Germany         hw@thor.shn.com
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