From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 17 12:00:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4331AEA6 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:00:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bs1.fjl.org.uk (bs1.fjl.org.uk [84.45.41.196]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2B881AE6 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:00:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.35] (host109-156-119-17.range109-156.btcentralplus.com [109.156.119.17]) (authenticated bits=0) by bs1.fjl.org.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s0HBa9JZ057275 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:36:11 GMT (envelope-from frank2@fjl.co.uk) Message-ID: <52D915AC.1080103@fjl.co.uk> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:36:12 +0000 From: Frank Leonhardt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing user from lan. References: <52D89B2C.3080801@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <52D89B2C.3080801@hdk5.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:00:20 -0000 On 17/01/2014 02:53, Al Plant wrote: > Aloha, > > Could anyone please send me to a how to on removing an unwanted user > from the lan on FreeBSD 9 and 8. > I tried to remove the adduser file and name and I still cant use the > name that was there before. > > I read the man page and cant see from that how to get rid off all the > parts of the old account. > > Thanks, Remove a user from the *LAN*? Sorry - not enough information here. You could be talking about removing a user account from a host (i.e. the opposite of adduser), or removing them from applications like FTP. Many services use, or can use, different user databases. For example, as you're talking about the LAN rather than a single machine, are you talking about a SAMBA account for file sharing with Microsoft boxes? Before removing a user account, it's important to know what the account was on (and probably how the service was configured to authenticate users). If you literally want to remove/block a user on the LAN you're probably talking about disabling their PC on the LAN - another simple question with a complex set of answers! Regards, Frank.