From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from joana.gotss.net ([203.53.231.66] ident=mail) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16qOqx-0004vv-00 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:37:24 -0500 Received: from kerry by joana.gotss.net with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16qOqy-0007lr-00 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:37:24 +0800 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:37:24 +0800 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: questions Message-ID: <20020328093724.E29309@joana.gotss.net> References: <001b01c1d5e1$7aa86a20$01213e18@mycomputer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from monty@bc.cx on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 04:40:47PM -0800 From: Kerry Hoath Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Actually under Debian it is userdel and it works like this: userdel -r username removes user and the homedirectory. userdel username leaves the home directory in tact. adduser/useradd or deluser/userdel is one of those distribution specific things. I second your opinion regarding documentation, too many people post to speakup as a quick lazy fix rather than doing a little digging first. regards, Kerry. On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 04:40:47PM -0800, Monty Lilburn wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: > > >Hi. How can I delete a user account? I have several user accounts on this box that are no longer used. > > I tried adduser --remove user and that didn't work. Would anyone have any suggestions on this? > > > Igor: > > I have noticed that several of your posts to this list involve getting > help for linux commands and linux command sintax. You will find that the > "man", "info" and "help" commands can be very useful in solving most of > your command troubles. Also entering your "help question" into a > search-engine such as http://www.google.com will often yield success. > > I am not trying to discourage you from asking questions on the list > (afterall, the list is supposed to be a resource) but if you use a list as > a last resort rather than a first resort, you'll not only get your answer > faster but you'll also cut down the list traffic as well. > > Regarding your question about deleting a user account... The adduser man > page lists "deluser(8)" in the "see also" section. > > > You will be surprised at how much you can learn by reading... > > Monty > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > SUBMERGED IN THE 6o4 AREA CODE > > A proud user of the LINUX Operating System! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or kerry@gotss.spice.net.au ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry@gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath@yahoo.com.au