Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:55:27 +0200 From: Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@designaproduct.biz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Cannot delete user??? Message-ID: <461F99DF.7020202@designaproduct.biz>
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Hi, I cannot remove the user with 'miller'. pw says it does not exists. However, rmuser says that it does exist, but it cannot delete it (I get a "no such file or directory" message). I also tried to re-add this user, but it also fails. (I have deleted 'miller' from /etc/passwd, but it is no use...) Please see below. How can I remove this user? Thanks, Laszlo gandalf@something.com~#pw userdel miller pw: user 'miller' does not exist: No such file or directory gandalf@something.com~#rmuser miller Matching password entry: miller:*:1038:1003::0:0:Thomas Miller:/home/miller:/bin/csh Is this the entry you wish to remove? y Remove user's home directory (/home/miller)? y Removing user (miller): home passwdpw: user 'miller' does not exist: No such file or directory . gandalf@something.com~#adduser Username: miller Full name: Thomas Miller Uid (Leave empty for default): Login group [miller]: users Login group is users. Invite miller into other groups? []: Login class [default]: Shell (sh csh tcsh scponly nologin) [sh]: csh Home directory [/home/miller]: Use password-based authentication? [yes]: Use an empty password? (yes/no) [no]: Use a random password? (yes/no) [no]: Enter password: Enter password again: Lock out the account after creation? [no]: Username : miller Password : ***** Full Name : Thomas Miller Uid : 1041 Class : Groups : users Home : /home/miller Shell : /bin/csh Locked : no OK? (yes/no): yes pw: login name `miller' already exists adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (miller). Add another user? (yes/no):
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