Re: [on-topic] /etc/passwd
On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:19:23 +0800, lina wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:11:44 +0800, lina wrote:
>>
>> "On topic" can be omitted :-P
>>
>>> Last time I added one user,
>>> Later I used deluser some_user_name
>>>
>>> but some information still keep it in the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
>>>
>>> My question is that: is it safe do delete the entry regards the
>>> deleted user by hand?
>>
>> Mmm... I'd say you can but better look at "man vipw" to add more safety
>> when editing those files.
>
> I deleted that user and reboot, it showed me
>
> # more /var/log/syslog
> Mar 9 00:17:57 dove rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd"
> swVersion="5.8.6" x- pid="1302" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com";]
> rsyslogd was HUPed
>
>
> am I in trouble?
In troube, why?
That's a message coming from rsyslog daemon which maybe was reloaded by
cron.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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