Nevermind... I found the GUI methid. Some idiot put it in the control pan= el!=20 DUHHHHHHH. On Tuesday 11 February 2003 08:50 pm, Scott wrote: > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Michael Havens wrote: > > How is it done? I had created a user and decided later that I wanted = it > > to be in another location so I dragged the users directory to the gar= bage > > gin as su and: > > Dragging the users directory to the garbage bin will only remove the > directory. The users account, in /etc/passwd, still exists. > > > [root@localhost bmike1]# adduser -m test -d /home2 > > adduser: user test exists > > There are a few ways to remove an account - all are ultimately the same= in > the end - from a command line use userdel. IE > > userdel [-r] username > > The -r - if used - will remove the users home directory in addition to > removing the account. Leaving the -r off will remove the user but leav= e > the home directory intact (this is sometimes desirable). > > Another method would be to use a gui tool (I think there are several). > The gui tool usually works in this manner: > > Select (hilight) ther user you want to remove and click the remove butt= on. > > Depending on the particular gui tool, you may be prompted to remove the > home directory, etc. > > > so I decided a new nane wasa in order because it would not accept 'te= st'. > > > > [root@localhost bmike1]# adduser -m Downloadtest -d /home3 > > > > and I thought "Better make sure it is where I want it. > > > > [root@localhost bmike1]# updatedb > > locate [root@localhost bmike1]# locate Downloadtest > > /var/spool/mail/Downloadtest > > This command is not ideal for finding the just created home directory. > Locate is going to look for all files that are owned by the specified > user. Hmmmm..... now that I think about it, it should have found the h= ome > directory - unless for some reason its not owned by Downloadtest. Try = the > finger command. Using my account as an example, it would look somethin= g > like this: > > finger sbrews > login: sbrews=09=09name: scott > directory: /home/sbrews ... > > complete output not pasted - but you get the idea. Note the directory = for > the user. > > > Why didn't it go to /home3? --=20 :-)~Mike~(-: