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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!bofh.dot!rtd.com!dgy From: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Removing Users from FreeBSD 2.0 Date: 23 May 1996 15:07:23 GMT Organization: CICDO Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4o1uvb$55j@baygull.rtd.com> References: <4nvobf$dvu@news.starnet.net> <4nvuc8$622@atlas.uniserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: seagull.rtd.com In article <4nvuc8$622@atlas.uniserve.com>, Tim Baird <tim@gfmurray.com> wrote: >In article <4nvobf$dvu@news.starnet.net>, ds3721@strydr.com (David Schnardthorst) says: >> >>What is the easiest way to remove users under FreeBSD 2.0. Can I just take >>them out of the passwd file, or is there another way? > >Use vipw and pound "dd" on every user line that you want to zap. Hmmm.... I'd advocate replacing their shell with /nonexistent and *leaving* everything else where it is. In other words, keep the record of their UID (etc.) and don't reuse the ID number. Unless, of course, you have **lots** of users or are a "casual" site.