Cannot delete user???

Hi, I cannot remove the user with 'miller'. pw says it does not exists. However, rmuser says that it does exist, but it cannot delete it (I get a no such file or directory message). I also tried to re-add this user, but it also fails. (I have deleted 'miller' from /etc/passwd, but it is no

Re: Cannot delete user???

In response to Laszlo Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I cannot remove the user with 'miller'. pw says it does not exists. However, rmuser says that it does exist, but it cannot delete it (I get a no such file or directory message). I also tried to re-add this user, but it also fails. (I

Re: Cannot delete user???

Did you possibly delete it from /etc/passwd before you did everything else? Yes. It's not safe to edit /etc/password directly. If you issue vipw, does the user still show up? if so, delete him there and /etc/passwd should be regenerated correctly. I did not know this. Thank you! I

Re: Cannot delete user???

Did you possibly delete it from /etc/passwd before you did everything else? Yes. It's not safe to edit /etc/password directly. If you issue vipw, does the user still show up? if so, delete him there and /etc/passwd should be regenerated correctly. I did not know this. Thank you! I