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In Email, Skynet1@cris.com wrote:
> Hello. I made a test user john doe and I can't seem to be able to remove it. I searched all my files...i removed the entry from p/etc/passwd, master.passwd
> group, and i removed the home dir...but i can stil logon as johndoe with the 
> password and use the directory / as a login diroot. What do I do to
> remove this user????

You should have used `vipw', rather than manually editting /etc/passwd & 
company.


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