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Deleting user accounts
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ctpeterson
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Mar 30, 2002, 10:30 AM
 
I want to remove a user account I created. Through the users preference I can remove the user, but there is still a folder for them on the Hard drive that I can not delete. I am the administrator, but it still will not allow me to remove the folder. How can I do it?
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Mar 30, 2002, 11:58 AM
 
Originally posted by ctpeterson:
<STRONG>I want to remove a user account I created. Through the users preference I can remove the user, but there is still a folder for them on the Hard drive that I can not delete. I am the administrator, but it still will not allow me to remove the folder. How can I do it?</STRONG>
sudo rm -rf /Users/login_name

where login_name is the name of the folder of the home directory
for the user.
     
   
 
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