rmuser failed / cannot readd user

[Hartleigh Burton]

Problem solvered ;)

Thanks Matthew.



Hartleigh Burton
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On 30/04/2008, at 3:57 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote:

> Hartleigh Burton wrote:
>
>> I added a user called "mrawebuser", which failed because there was  
>> not enough free space on / at the time. Now when I try to add the  
>> user again it says the user already exists when it doesn't. I have  
>> used rmuser to remove the account and also manually check /etc/ 
>> passwd, /etc/master.passwd, & /etc/group - none of these files  
>> contain any reference to "mrawebuser". If I repeat the rmuser  
>> command it will find the user every time.
>
> Run this command:
>
>   # pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd
>
> 	Cheers,
>
> 	Matthew
>
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