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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help deleting a user Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 21:59:30 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 30 Message-ID: <31CCCF32.888@www.play-hookey.com> References: <31c5fba8.407993@news.intergate.bc.ca> <oq20j7wtv9.fsf@leto.microunity.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Deborah Gronke Bennett wrote: > > I know this is a dumb question, but how do you erase a user? > > Name your machine kaiwan009.kaiwan.com. Name the user aks. Stand back and wait > for someone to do it for you. > I am truly sorry to see a post like this. All regulars to this NG are fully aware that aks and his posts are fit only for the trash heap. But do you have to stoop to his level? It was my sincere hope that the fuss and bother about aks had by now died down, and that this newsgroup could revert to its more professional "normal" mode. Please allow it to do so henceforth. The original question has been answered a few times already, but since you did not include the original poster's name, I'll answer again, briefly. If you posted the question yourself in an effort to make a joke, then I find it to be in extremely poor taste. To fully delete a user from your system, first use vipw (check the man page) to edit the password file. Then, delete that user's directory in /usr/home and mailfile(s) in /var/mail. You should also edit your /etc/group file to remove that entry. If this user has been permitted to create files in other directories, you should find and remove them as well. May this be the last post having anything to do with the "aks" idiocy! Ken