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From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Subject: Re: DELETING (or remaking) SCO User accounts
Organization: NYC Public Unix
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1991 15:35:44 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Apr28.153544.6008@jpradley.jpr.com>
References: <1991Apr22.172409.10006@osh3.OSHA.GOV> <DJM.91Apr22213730@egypt.eng.umd.edu>

In article <DJM.91Apr22213730@egypt.eng.umd.edu> djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) writes:
>> I need information on how to "remake" or delete a user account on SCO
>> Unix Sys V.3.2.2.  They say in the admin guide that an account is NEVER
>> deleted, just retired, PERMANENTLY!
>
>That's if you only use their sysadmsh to manage accounts.  All you
>have to do is basically
>
>find /tcb /etc/auth -type f -print | xargs grep -l USERNAME
>
>then hand-edit the files that it lists as appropriate.  I changed my
>username this way (without changing my UID), and I think I've
>undeleted a user or two as well.


Have you obtained unx257 from sosco?
This gives you new versions of rmuser and unretire, which are effective if
you've relaxed the C2 security.

Jean-Pierre Radley   Unix in NYC   jpr@jpr.com   jpradley!jpr   CIS: 72160,1341