On Aug 07, Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net> wrote: [user majordom] >> So why's it still in the password file on every debian box? >Because update-passwd will not remove it since it can't know if the >system is currently using it. And why does it want to add it back when I delete it? euler:~# update-passwd --dry-run Adding user "majordom" (30) Adding group "majordom" (31) Would commit 2 changes euler:~# -- ciao, Marco