Adding User?
Edit: Nevermind... it looks like it's just a problem with one user account.
How do I remove every trace of a user account off the computer? For instance, say I made a user account name Bob I installed programs, and put tons of stuff into the /home/Bob directory Later, I decide to delete the user Bob. Then, I recreate the user Bob... You would think that it would make an empty /home/Bob directory, but it makes the old /home/Bob directory, complete with everything in it before! I guess something in my old /home/Bob directory was causing a lot of errors, so I just want to start fresh. |
I don't know exactly the Slack procedure but after using adduser or useradd. If the system hasn't asked you type:
passwd <username> This gives password to users to allow them to login. After create the homedirectory (if it is necessary) you should change the owner of the directory using: chown <user> <file/directory> for more information about these commands I suggest to use the man command!!! Good luck |
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userdel -r |
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I do that, but when I make a new user with that name again, the /home/user directory has everything back in it again. So... that user's settings are saved somewhere other than /home/user. Interesting. I could work around this by just making a new name... but that old name was ME (cry0x)... been using it for everything for years... so I can't think of anything else to use as a new name :( |
does it happen only when you make that specific user? or does it happen for every new user you make? if its the second one, check /etc/skel and see if that is the problem
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it only happened when I made that specific user.
But I fixed it: here's how: I went into /tmp/ and deleted every file associated with the trouble account (cry0x.) When I was done, I did adduser cry0x, set it all up like normal, and I could log in with no problems. |
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