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How do I remove a user’s access from my server? How do I delete a user account under Linux operating systems? You need to use the userdel command to delete a user account and related files from user account. The userdel command must be run as root user. The syntax is as follows: userdel username userdel Example To remove the user vivek account from the local system / server / workstation, enter: # userdel vivek To remove the user’s home directory pass the -r option to userdel, enter: # userdel -r vivek The above command will remove all files along with the home directory itself and the user’s mail spool. Please note that files located in other file systems will have to be searched for and deleted manually. (more…)
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I’ve been using the internet now for about 12 years I’d say.  And prior to that during the Commodore 64/128 days I was on BBS’s(Bulletin Board Systems) all over the world.  From day one practically I have used the username/nick Hawkwind.  It’s become a part of me….well actually, it *is* me!  So over the years many hundreds, if not thousands, of people have asked me where I get my nick from.  This is going to explain it all.   I started using computers back in 1983/1984 when the Commodore 64 was out and very very popular.  In September of 1985, I was at a friends house when his mother came home from work and handed him a computer game she had bought him.  It was entitled Ultima IV: Quest Of The Avatar.  I knew nothing about it, but he had played Ultima III: Exodus and was so excited
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