Deleting Users
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From: Bilky White on 31 Aug 2009 04:19 Linux newbie here. I installed Ubuntu on my wife's laptop and, like an idiot, I entered her account details first instead of setting up an overall admin account. After installing I created an admin account thinking that I'd be able to delete the original account and re-create it. It allowed me to delete the user account via the Admin/Users and Groups menu item but if I try to recreate it I get an error telling me that it already exists. I've tried this sudo userdel -r <username> but that returns a "<username> does not exist" error, which doesn't make sense. I'm getting the feeling that it might be worth starting the install from scratch, any opinions or advice? Many thanks.
From: alexd on 31 Aug 2009 04:23 Bilky White wrote: > I'm getting the feeling that it might be worth starting the install from > scratch, any opinions or advice? grep username /etc/password ? -- <http://ale.cx/> (AIM:troffasky) (UnSoEsNpEaTm(a)ale.cx) 09:22:41 up 2 days, 11:34, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.10, 0.08 "If being trapped in a tropical swamp with Anthony Worral-Thompson and Christine Hamilton is reality then I say, pass the mind-altering drugs" -- Humphrey Lyttleton
From: Folderol on 31 Aug 2009 04:30 On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:23:01 +0100 alexd <troffasky(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Bilky White wrote: > > > I'm getting the feeling that it might be worth starting the install from > > scratch, any opinions or advice? > > grep username /etc/password ? > {ahem} passwd To the O/P If it's a new install and you've done nothing with it, it might be simpler and cleaner to just start again and chalk it up to experience :) -- Will J G
From: chris on 31 Aug 2009 04:43 Folderol wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:23:01 +0100 > alexd <troffasky(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Bilky White wrote: >> >>> I'm getting the feeling that it might be worth starting the install from >>> scratch, any opinions or advice? >> grep username /etc/password ? >> > {ahem} passwd > > To the O/P > If it's a new install and you've done nothing with it, it > might be simpler and cleaner to just start again and chalk it up to > experience :) > Plus, in Ubuntu it's not strictly necessary to create an admin account. The first user will already have admin privileges via sudo and AFAIK subsequent accounts are simply 'user' accounts with no sudo privileges (by default). Simply create your account first and then your wife's.
From: Bilky White on 31 Aug 2009 04:48
"Folderol" <folderol(a)ukfsn.org> wrote in message news:20090831093052.7c647be1(a)debian... > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:23:01 +0100 > alexd <troffasky(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Bilky White wrote: >> >> > I'm getting the feeling that it might be worth starting the install >> > from >> > scratch, any opinions or advice? >> >> grep username /etc/password ? >> > {ahem} passwd > > To the O/P > If it's a new install and you've done nothing with it, it > might be simpler and cleaner to just start again and chalk it up to > experience :) > Yeh I think I've made a bit of a hash of it. That's the price of rushing. I've installed on 3 other machines with no problem. Thanks for responding. |