Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 11:09:56 -0500 From: Jen and Luke <isis@servtech.com> To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Cc: Tri Sakti Soebagyono <sakti@idola.net.id>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Delete User Message-ID: <32E78D54.446B9B3D@servtech.com> References: <9701231130.AA10425@cssmuc.frt.dec.com>
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garyj@frt.dec.com wrote: > > 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 ? > I do it this way: 1. erase users line from /etc/master.passwd 2. erase their dir 3. run pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd Does anyone know if thats wrong? -- Jen, Luke, Rusty the pink chicken, Ruckus the meowing U2, Telly the 'tiel and 5 kittys http://www.servtech.com/public/isis/
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