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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:59:43 -0800 (PST)
From: jadeite <jadeite@light.pomona.edu>
To: Anton Zykov <zykov@dickinson.edu>
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Subject: Re: delete a user
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how did you delete the user?
if you just deleted the line from /etc/passwd and didn't run pwd_mkdb then
the doesn't go away.

On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Anton Zykov wrote:

> I'm confused.
> I tried to delete a user. 2 days later I wanted to create another user
> with the same name, but I've got an error message saying that the user
> with that name already exists. How I can delete the user permanently?
> 
> Thanks ahead,
> Anton
>  
> 
>