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Kona

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Jun 1, 2004, 5:51:40 AM6/1/04
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Hello,
How can I delete a user account even if the userdel command tells me
that the user is in use ? But this user is not connected and no
process is using by "user"
I'm on Solaris 5.8

# last "user"
"user" pts/3 Wed Jan 14 09:41 still logged
in

# last -f /var/adm/utmpx
"user" pts/3 Wed Jan 14 09:41 - 09:32
(23:51)

# userdel -r "user"
UX: userdel: ERROR: "user" is in use. Cannot remove it.

Thank's in advance

Supak Lailert

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Jun 1, 2004, 11:00:02 AM6/1/04
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"Kona" <kona...@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
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> How can I delete a user account even if the userdel command tells me
> that the user is in use ? But this user is not connected and no
> process is using by "user"
[snip]

Are there any user's processes running? Try "ps -ef | grep user"

Supak


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Kona

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Jun 2, 2004, 5:39:35 AM6/2/04
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"Supak Lailert" <supakl...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<10861020...@lemon.yipintsoi.com>...

Hello,
No processes are running under the account of "user"

Kona

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