Re: Re: rm user
Or, if you want to completly purge the user and the users home dir:
userdel -r <username>
Tal
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:39:51 -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com said:
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 08:38:21PM -0600, cls-colo spgs wrote:
> > debs,
> >
> > what's the command for removing user accts?
>
> It's often better to *leave* the account intact, but to disable access
> through it. This provides context for files and other residual data
> from the user, which otherwise appear as owned by an unknown account
> (numeric UID only). If you are in the habit of adding and deleting
> accounts to your system frequently, you may end up giving a new user
> access to a prior users still-extant files.
>
> You might want to look at the "passwd -l" option.
>
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