From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] removing users Message-ID: <20030619182445.GA6452@thefrayedknot.armory.com> References: <805f1ee42342a282e83e3fce524f145e@plan9.escet.urjc.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:24:45 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: d0645100-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 so i should rename them all to some null user which is unable to log in? On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 01:50:53PM -0400, Russ Cox wrote: > If you're running dumps, it's not a good idea to remove > users -- their ids will still be found looking in the dump. > > You can rename the uname with 'uname old %new' but > you shouldn't get rid of the uid. > > Russ >