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+>Removing a user</A
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+><P
+> To remove a user, you first remove all
+ his files, mailboxes, mail aliases, print jobs,
+ <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>cron</B
+> and <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>at</B
+> jobs,
+ and all other references to the user. Then you remove the
+ relevant lines from <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/etc/passwd</TT
+> and
+ <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/etc/group</TT
+> (remember to remove the username
+ from all groups it's been added to). It may be a good idea to
+ first disable the account (see below), before you start removing
+ stuff, to prevent the user from using the account while it is
+ being removed. </P
+><P
+> Remember that users may have files outside their home
+ directory. The <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>find</B
+> command can find them:
+
+<PRE
+CLASS="SCREEN"
+>find / -user username</PRE
+>
+
+ However, note that the above command will take a
+ <I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>long</I
+> time, if you have large disks. If you
+ mount network disks, you need to be careful so that you won't
+ trash the network or the server. </P
+><P
+> Some Linux distributions come with special
+ commands to do this; look for <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>deluser</B
+> or
+ <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>userdel</B
+>. However, it is easy to do it by
+ hand as well, and the commands might not do everything. </P
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