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Subject: Re: Cannot delete user???
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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