Re: [on-topic] /etc/passwd

["Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl.jorgensen@nice.com>]

On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 14:11 +0000, lina wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
What information is left? We would expect one line per user, but if the line is still there, then the user has not been deleted...

> My question is that: is it safe do delete the entry regards the
> deleted user by hand?
Depends... See above
> Thanks,