Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:30:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Corey A. Christians" <cchrstns@sdln.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removing a user without using the rmuser command Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904141329180.15989-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <001b01be8536$4dbe5500$5dfc34cc@sdln.net>
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Please wrap your lines, thanks. On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Corey A. Christians wrote: > I recently removed a user form my FreeBSD machine without running the > rmuser command. I deleted the entry in the master.passwd file, the > passwd file and I deleted his home directory and all of his files > (that I know of). I think that there are changes that I also have to > make to the spwd.db file and the pwd.db file but I am uncertain. > Whenever I try to change a passwd this is the message that I get from > the machine: NEVER NEVER EDIT PASSWD DIRECTLY! ALWAYS USE vipw! I wish we could abolish passwd and force everyone to use getpwent() like they should. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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