On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, cls-colo spgs wrote:
what's the command for removing user accts?
userdel / deluser, or use vi to remove the entries in /etc/passwd
/etc/shadow.
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On 19-Aug-2000 cls-colo spgs wrote:
debs,
what's the command for removing user accts?
userdel or deluser (equiv of useradd and adduser).
Quick hint:
at the bottom of man pages there are oftens references to similar commands.
These two are listed in the man page for adduser and useradd.
On 19-Aug-2000 cls-colo spgs wrote:
debs,
what's the command for removing user accts?
userdel
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 08:38:21PM -0600, cls-colo spgs wrote:
debs,
what's the command for removing user accts?
It's often better to *leave* the account intact, but to disable access
through it. This provides context for files and other residual data
from the user, which otherwise appear as
Or, if you want to completly purge the user and the users home dir:
userdel -r username
Tal
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:39:51 -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com said:
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 08:38:21PM -0600, cls-colo spgs wrote:
debs,
what's the command for removing user accts?
It's
However, reading the man pages, this still leaves user files in other
locations extant on the system. This leads to the same problem I'd
alluded to earlier:
If you are in the habit of adding and deleting accounts to your
system frequently, you may end up giving a new user
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