Thanks that worked just fine!!  (I'm a few weeks behind on getting to this) ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Tue, 5/17/11, Steven Bailey wrote: From: Steven Bailey Subject: Re: cannot kill user To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 7:51 PM ps awwwfux Look for their shell...then kill away. On May 17, 2011 7:48 PM, "keith smith" wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to remove a user from a CentOS LAMP server.  > > When I run the who command the user is not listed. > > then I run userdel like this and it says the user is logged in. > > [xxxxxx@xxxxxxx ~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/userdel xxxxxxx > userdel: user xxxxxxx is currently logged in > > I tried sudo pkill -u xxxxx which did not work. > > any suggestions? > > Thanks! > > > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith -----Inline Attachment Follows----- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss