> Now I have a new user named `--version' that I would like to delete only
> I can't seem to find a command that undoes what `adduser' does.
>
> What is the best way to deal with this kind of situation?
Hmmm... Being (semi) new to Unix, here's the best solution I can
think of. Check out '/etc/passwd'. If there is a reference to a user of
name --version, delete that line. Do the same for '/etc/group'. Finally, in
your /home directory, remove the '--version' directory. For rm, you might
have to do something like
rm -rf ./--version
so it doesn't think you're trying to pass --version as an argument rather than
a file name.
Well, I think that's the easiest way to eradicate a user. Perhaps a deluser
program would be useful :).
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