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is there a way to delete a mac os x user using unix?
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If by "using Unix" you are referring to using the command line, see this:

http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2...rs_remote.html

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thanks zazzy. I didn't know deleting a user would be so dangerous.
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You'll want to use the dscl commands going forward as the niutil commands will be going away someday...
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