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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!hookup!jussieu.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!uniol!uni-erlangen.de!news.th-darmstadt.de!hrz-ws11.hrz.uni-kassel.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!tubsibr!malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de!not-for- mail From: mb@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de (Martin Butkus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help deleting a user Date: 18 Jun 1996 10:24:10 +0200 Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4q5p3a$l1@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de> References: <31c5fba8.407993@news.intergate.bc.ca> Reply-To: M.Butkus@tu-bs.de NNTP-Posting-Host: rzrtr1.rz.tu-bs.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Originator: y0001415@ws.rz.tu-bs.de Jordon Randall (jordon@intergate.bc.ca) wrote: : I know this is a dumb question, but how do you erase a user? 1. vipw. This will let you edit the passwd file. Delete the line that specifies the user (see passwd(5) when in doubt). BTW, do NOT use "vi /etc/passwd", this will not work. 2. Nuke the user's home directory. If you just want to disable the account of user joe temporarily, a chsh -s /sbin/nologin joe will suffice. To re-enable the account, do a chsh -s /bin/sh joe -- Martin Butkus >>> Live long and prosper. <<< Phone/Fax: +49.5331.298710 Am Stadtwege 10, 38304 Wolfenbuettel, Germany M.Butkus@tu-bs.de