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From: Dan Wolfe <dwolfe@zyga.com>
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Subject: Removing a user
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 21:11:46 -0500
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I am using FreeBSD 2.0.5 and have no problem adding users with /usr/sbin/adduser utility.  However, when I try to remove a user, one of the steps I perform is to remove the line associated with the user in /etc/passwd and save the file.  Then, a few minutes later if I look at the file again, the line is back in the file.  Is there any way to delete a line forever in /etc/passwd?  Any help is appreciated.

-Dan Wolfe
ZYGA Corporation