> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Dirk Herr-Hoyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
[ question: Is there an opposite to adduser? ] > If you look at /usr/sbin/deluser directly, you'll see it's a > Perl script. A quickly hack too, judging both on the comments > and on the functionality. > Is is just me, or is it really the case that no Unix has decent > tools for administering user accounts :-) Many of us end up editing /etc/passwd and /etc/group, with nothing more elaborate than vi. There could be a lint tool (like weblint, etc.) just for the purpose of checking the integrity of these files. Perhaps one exists, and it's even right under my nose. But I haven't found it yet. Thanks for your thoughts, Dirk. They're appreciated. Chris -- Christopher W. Hafey (1:142/540) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1078 New Britain Ave Apt 217 WA1TNR since 1974 | W Hartford Ct USA 06110-2434 http://www.tingri.ml.org | tel. 860-236-5400 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .