From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 13 11:56:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88DD816A4CE for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 11:56:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailout1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (mailout1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C737D43D39 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 11:56:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from barner@in.tum.de) Received: by zi025.glhnet.mhn.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 95398488B; Thu, 13 May 2004 20:43:14 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 20:43:14 +0200 From: Simon Barner To: OLAF STEIN Message-ID: <20040513184314.GA8574@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> References: <4d01124d0e90.4d0e904d0112@osu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d01124d0e90.4d0e904d0112@osu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at informatik.tu-muenchen.de cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remove users from system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 18:56:55 -0000 --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OLAF STEIN wrote: [ pls wrap your lines at column 72-76 (for those reading mail in a text console - thanks ] =20 > i recently switched from linux to freebsd, so this question might sound > a little stupid >=20 > the problem > i removed 2 users from my system by deleting their entries in /etc/passwd > and /etc/group (they had their own group and where in no other groups) >=20 > the users are still able to login after i deleted them > the rmuser command now does not remove them anymore because it cannot > find their entries in /etc/passwd, cause as mentioned i deleted them > from their >=20 > the handbook lists all actions that are taken, when the rmuser command > is executed and i did all actions manually except the deletion of the > home directories of those users, because i want to keep them You can also safely use rmuser, since it will prompt whether the home directory is to be removed or not. Simon --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAo8HCCkn+/eutqCoRAlUKAKDHe4yulaThmtO9qmxC6wme5nZvTwCfVFRF qXI94t5PNWTYoeuGKE+k9Nc= =epYM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--