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 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 owned by an unknown account > (numeric UID only). If you are in the habit of adding and deleting > accounts to your system frequently, you may end up giving a new user > access to a prior users still-extant files. > > You might want to look at the "passwd -l" option. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself > Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org > GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 >
