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Subject: Re: Removeing User's
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> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Jack Barnett wrote:
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Raider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: M.Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: Removeing User's
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> > > On "Removeing User's" M.Giles said on Mar 29:
> > > > 29/03/00 1:53:06 PM I was told on IRC (I guess I deserve what I
> > > > get) That the only way to remove a user from the server was to
> > > > edit the files manually... I have a lot of faith in linux.. and
> > > > cant belive this is true.. isn't the a remuser or somthing
> > > > similar?
> > >
> > > This is the way I do it. And it isn't that much trouble.
> > > Normally you don't have to do this quite often. Only ISPs might.
> > > Than AFAIK this is done by scripts that do the same thing you
> > > would do by hand. adduser was a script some time ago. In case you
> > > don't find anything like that online, you sould get that adduser
> > > script, check if the paths are ok, than correct it to do the other
> way
> > > around...
> >
> > Isn't there a `deluser` command in Linux, thought there was??
> >
> > Jack
> >
> What do you have against userdel?
Nothing, just got the name mixed up.
Some Unix systems call it `userdel` other call it `deluser`, just got
confused on his command goes with what Unix.
Why do everything by hand though, when you can write a 10 line bourne shell
script and `userdel` to "clean up" all the mess this user made during his
time on the system?
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> > >
> > >
> > > Raider
> > > --
> > > ``Liberate tu-temet ex inferis''
> > >
> > >
> Lawson
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> Installation is performed in the reverse order of removal.
> - British Leyland shop manual
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> ---cut here
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