actually removing a user

[NoOp]

On 10/22/2009 02:11 PM, Mike McMullin wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 19:15 -0700, NoOp wrote:
...
>> > I decided to test and used System|Administration|Users and Groups and
>> > removed a user via the 'Delete' button. I then also removed the user's
>> > home folder. You are correct; it didn't actually remove the user & the
>> > user name still shows up when I bring up System|Administration|Users and
>> > Groups.
>> > 
>> > Meaning: it looks like a bug. Google for it and also check by searching
>> > launchpad to find the bug report (there must be one already).
>> >
>> 
>> This works:
>> @ sudo userdel -r <nameofuser>
>> 
>> However it should be possible to do the same using the gui (users-admin)
>> so I'd look for 'users-admin' bugs in the gnome-system-tools package:
>  
>   I don't have an account with launchpad.  

Upper right hand corner 'Register'.

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools?field.searchtext=remove&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>

This one looks to be relevant:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/192443>
[Removing a user does not remove its main group]
Register, then login 'Log in' and you can then add to that bug report.

I found the problem using
> adduser on the CLI, it informed me that there was an existing group for
> that user name, which I could delete in the User/Group app, and then add
> the user in the same app.  I don't know if this is a bug, it's a new
> idea to me for users to have their own groups, on my SuSE systems I'm
> part of the "users" group, inheriting it's rights.
> 
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