Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:15:58 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@designaproduct.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot delete user??? Message-ID: <20070413111558.88692726.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <461F99DF.7020202@designaproduct.biz> References: <461F99DF.7020202@designaproduct.biz>
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In response to Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@designaproduct.biz>: > > 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? Did you possibly delete it from /etc/passwd before you did everything else? It's not safe to edit /etc/password directly. If you issue vipw, does the user still show up? if so, delete him there and /etc/passwd should be regenerated correctly. > 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): > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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