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Date:      Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:58:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:      bush doctor <dervish@ikhala.tcimet.net>
To:        martin.poulin@altavista.net
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: deleting users
Message-ID:  <199806222158.RAA10751@ikhala.tcimet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199806221955.PAA20857@web01.globecomm.net> from "martin.poulin@altavista.net" at "Jun 22, 98 03:55:01 pm"

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Once upon a time <martin.poulin@altavista.net> said:
> Hello,
> 
> I have recently taken over administration of an old
> 2.0.5-Release box, and there are several user accounts
> that need to be removed.  However, the "rmuser" command
> does not seem to work in this release.  If I have to
> remove the accounts manually, what would be the best
> way to go about it?  I am assuming that I will need to 
> remove them from /etc/master.passwd, as well as delete
> their home directories.  Is there anything else that
> needs to be done?

use vipw.  see the man page if you're unfamiliar with its usage
i'm not sure about 2.0.5-RELEASE but it should rebuild and update
the master passwd file.  if not i'm sure someone else will point
out what needs to be done ... =;-)

-- bush doctor

> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Marty.


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