From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Aug 21 4:31:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from sign.chg.ru (sign.chg.ru [193.233.46.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0765114FA3 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 04:31:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@sign.chg.ru) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by sign.chg.ru (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id PAA01747; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 15:30:30 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from andrew@sign.chg.ru) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 15:30:30 +0400 (MSD) From: "Andrew L. Neporada" To: Scott Moffet Cc: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: how to delete a user? In-Reply-To: <37BDCD61.CD32F857@earthlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Scott Moffet wrote: > I messed up the first time I ran adduser. I'm afraid if I start editing > files I'll *really* mess things up. > > Can I safely edit the etc/pw.psS544 file? Can I just delete a line from > there so as to re-create that user name by running adduser again? Or is > there a better way? > > A googolplex of TIAs > You should use rmuser (8). See also vipw (8). Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message