delete or disable the system generated account


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers delete or disable the system generated account
# 1  
Old 06-15-2006
delete or disable the system generated account

I have this unix version 3.0

"UNIX_SV server 4.0 3.0 3425 Pentium II(TM)-ISA/PCI"

can i delete or disable the system generated account as "daemon";"uucp";"sys";"adm";"listen";"bin"

and if yes how can i do it?

Regards
# 2  
Old 06-15-2006
You could, but you'd break most things in the system.
 
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

7 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Post Here to Contact Site Administrators and Moderators

Please delete my account

can`t find an option to do this.... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: spacevoid8
1 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Need a command to delete all files apart from last file generated

Hi, I have a directory named (/output). this directory has files in the below format abc.* , xyz*, djj*, iwe*, weewe*, rier*, 3948903ddfgf* these files are generated at random. what i need to do is. delete all the files of all kinds but keep only the last generated file of... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: dazdseg
5 Replies

3. Post Here to Contact Site Administrators and Moderators

Delete this account

Hi, I want to change my user name.And if that is not possible can u please close the account so that i can create a new account with other user name. Regards, Jyothi (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jyothi_wipro
3 Replies

4. Post Here to Contact Site Administrators and Moderators

Delete my Account

Delete my account, please. Many thanks and best wishes with the forum. :] (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: BSRadcliffe
1 Replies

5. Filesystems, Disks and Memory

How to manage the .nfs files generated by the system

I'm running a UNIX application on HP-UX which generated logs files every few seconds. Now at times these log files are replicated as .nfs files and sometimes cannot be deleted. Now it reaches a point that i'm not even able to list any files on the logs directory. Normally i restart that server... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: dowell
0 Replies

6. Solaris

Root account - disable expiry

I couldnt find this in any other post - so hoping someone can help out. I want to set password expiry (or rather I have to) for a number of users on my solaris 9 system. I know i can set the following options in the /etc/default/passwd file to do it and then just type a passwd -f <username> to... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: frustrated1
6 Replies

7. HP-UX

Temporarily Disable User Account

I want to temporarily disable a user account on HP-UX at the start of a script and renable the account at the end of the script. What would be the best method on HP-UX to temporarily disable a user account? I know of the passwd -l option that will lock the account, but I do not see a flag for... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: scotbuff
4 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question