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Date:      Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:24:20 +0200
From:      Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@designaproduct.biz>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>,  freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Cannot delete user???
Message-ID:  <461FA0A4.7060000@designaproduct.biz>
In-Reply-To: <20070413111558.88692726.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
References:  <461F99DF.7020202@designaproduct.biz> <20070413111558.88692726.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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> Did you possibly delete it from /etc/passwd before you did everything else?
>   
Yes.
> 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.
>   
I did not know this. Thank you! I deleted them from vipw and now they 
are gone.
Thank you!

Laszlo




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