Re: inverse of `adduser'?

[Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com>]

> :         *       what about files owned by this user in other
> :                 directories?  (Shared projects, etc.)
> 
> We tend to leave them as-is, which I'm not sure is smart.  On the other hand,
> a find from / is expensive on a system with lots of disk...

Finding the files and expunging them should probably be an option
for "deluser" (which, IMO, should be "adduser -d" or "adduser --delete").

Let the sysadmin using it decide whether that's too expensive for him,
in his situation. Don't make the decision for him and expect him to like it.