removing accounts

From: Jerome M Berkman <jerry_at_uclink.berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:55:23 -0800 (PST)

I would to remove an account. How do I do it?

"userdel" just changes it to retired:

        # grep barney /etc/passwd
        barney:Retired*:40000:15::/usr/users/barney:/bin/sh

and then:

So this user is now retired, but I want to get rid of it.
This account was not meant to be!

"man userdel" does not mention retired, nor does "apropos retired"
find anything.

I guess this means each time I run useradd to test a feature,
I am stuck with that account forever. Sounds bad.

What about vipw? Is that really unsafe? We are at C2 security.

        - Jerry Berkman, UC Berkeley, jerry_at_uclink.berkeley.edu
Received on Mon Feb 16 1998 - 01:02:18 NZDT

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