Re: rm user

2000-08-19 Thread staf
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. regards, -- Staf Wagemakers email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] homepage : http://www.digibel.org/~staf

Re: Re: rm user

2000-08-18 Thread kmself
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 acce

Re: Re: rm user

2000-08-18 Thread Tal Danzig
Or, if you want to completly purge the user and the users home dir: userdel -r 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 ofte

Re: rm user

2000-08-18 Thread kmself
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

RE: rm user

2000-08-18 Thread Lehel Bernadt
On 19-Aug-2000 cls-colo spgs wrote: > debs, > > what's the command for removing user accts? userdel

RE: rm user

2000-08-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
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 userad