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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] removing users
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:31:12 +0200
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> so i should rename them all to some null user which is unable to log in?

removing users is always a bad idea.  once you blow them away you have
lost the trace of who they were, what they did and what they might be doing.

they should always be retired;  turn off their access but leave their
'existance' alone.