Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 12:30:06 +0100 From: garyj@frt.dec.com To: Tri Sakti Soebagyono <sakti@idola.net.id> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Delete User Message-ID: <9701231130.AA10425@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Tri Sakti Soebagyono <sakti@idola.net.id> of Thu, 23 Jan 97 17:32:50 GMT.
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sakti@idola.net.id writes: > 1. What is a command to delete user ? I think there's a deluser script, but I can't remember for which version it's standard. > 2. I delete user with manual step : > a. remove user property from /etc/passwd > b. remove user's homdir > why never success ?, I mean the user name is removed from /etc/passwd but -they still success to login ? > you *must* use vipw to change /etc/passwd, otherwise the password database file (which is what really gets used by login) is not updated. Did you use vipw ? --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org
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