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Date:      Wed, 10 Mar 1999 14:10:14 -0700
From:      Jon Bailey <jonb@matchlogic.com>
To:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, 'nussi' <root@nussi.ml.org>
Subject:   RE: Bug ?
Message-ID:  <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC0301FEF3F1@HOUSTON>

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Nussi,
> 1. why i cant remove a user with big letters ? 
>    e.g. i cant delete "Nussi" because its not alphanummeric
>         but i can delete "nussi" ...
>    what can i do to remove a user without "rmuser" ?
>    i really need this and when its not possible to remove names
>    with big letters i must change back to Linux :(

  1) Your users are kept in a text file called /etc/passwd which you can
edit, and delete the line with the entry for the user you wish to remove.
The program "vipw" is designed to let you edit this file, read "man vipw".
(Be warned, it invokes VI as the default editor, so you might want to do
"setenv EDITOR your-favorite-editor" if you don't know how to use vi [but
you should know and love vi :) ])

> 3. is there a way to scroll with "alt+pageup/down" and have colour in a
> console term ? iam missing it, because i changed from linux to FreeBSD 
> iam also missing the actual path at the command prompt :(

The "Scroll Lock" key will toggle your console into backscroll mode, where
you will be able to use arrows and PgUp/Dn keys.
The FreeBSD console supports colour, having color in your directory listings
and having your path in your command prompt is
just a change in your choice of shell or configuration file.

(Can someone on the list suggest what the right choices are to achieve this?
shell / config file?)



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