But my ultimate goal is to remove a user, would it be just changing the pw for now and removing the home dir of the user? Gabriel Vega Certified Technical Support Specialist:A+, Network+ registered Linux user number 405256. Phone: (602) 488-9862 ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 3:05 PM Subject: Re: on the note of user accounts
> Gabe, I believe that there is a pass words list and that if a user > quallifies that account can be accessed and the folder may well be > recreated. The one sure way to delete a user is through accounts as > admin. If you press the remove button while you are admin, that > account will no longer be accessible but the user folder may still be > there. > > Your creat syntax is correct, but I believe there are commandline as > well as gui ways to do this. In accounts, you can "creat" a user. > > -- > Jonnie Apple Seed > With his: > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > > > On Dec 24, 2005, at 7:29 PM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.net wrote: > > So what you are saying is that by removing the users home directory they > won't be able to log in or anything anymore? > so then in affect, how do you create a user, the same way? > mkdir /users/newuser? > is this syntax correct? > Gabriel Vega > Certified Technical Support Specialist:A+, Network+ > registered Linux user number 405256. > Phone: (602) 488-9862 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > the blind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 7:44 AM > Subject: Re: on the note of user accounts > > > > Gabe and all, > > > > You need to enable root if it is not enabled already. This is done > > in netinfo manager which you can find in applications under > > utilities. In the security menu, click the enable root item. If you > > get a message saying you need to creat a root password, there is a > > menu item which allows for this. Once that's been done, you can > > launch terminal, login root, press enter and type your pass word. > > > > Once you are logged on as root, type cd /users and press enter. Type > > ls to get a list of everything in that folder and rm followed by the > > name of the folder you wish to remove. > > > > Of course, in accounts in the gui, you can change a user name if you > > are logged onto the mac as admin. > > > > HTH! > > type > > -- > > Jonnie Apple Seed > > With his: > > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > > > > > > On Dec 24, 2005, at 9:20 AM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.net wrote: > > > > David, > > This is exactly what I'm wanting to do. can you explain? > > Gabriel Vega > > Certified Technical Support Specialist:A+, Network+ > > registered Linux user number 405256. > > Phone: (602) 488-9862 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > > X by > > the blind" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 5:07 AM > > Subject: Re: on the note of user accounts > > > > > >> Scott and all, > >> > >> as root, you can do anything you like. I've renamed users and moved > >> some things around and even deleted users just by removing the > >> folders. It is done in terminal though. > >> > >> HTH! > >> > >> -- > >> Jonnie Apple Seed > >> With his: > >> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > >> > >> > >> On Dec 24, 2005, at 6:55 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> > >> Just curious, I know in my reading that you can't rename user's home > >> direcotry, but what I am curious about is lets say I want to move > >> stuff from one user's account to another, I am thinking about mail > >> settings and the like, is that possible? I know this sounds crazy, > >> but I'm wondering if just moving the library directory or even the > >> entire contents of a user's directory to a new users's directory is > >> possible. Yes, really I know it sounds crazy, but I'm curious if this > >> is possible and there is a reason for my maddness. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
