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From: Neil <neil@corpex.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I remove users?
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 09:24:06 +0100
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Judith I Cajas-Dorin wrote:
>
> How do I remove old FreeBSD users? So far I am only changing
> the password. What files and directories have to be removed?
>
This question has bugged me too as there does not seem to be an
rmuser (or deluser) command. Short of writing a script (I'm sure
someone's done that, I suggest using commands like to find files
find / -user <UID> -print
or even
find / -user <UID> -exec rm {} \;
to delete (BE VERY CAREFUL - of course)
Other than that, check /etc/group /etc/aliases /var/mail /home/user as
they are the most likely place for both entries and files.
Cheers,
Neil