[BlueOnyx:27112] Re: Why can I not reuse an old username?

[Larry Smith]

Bob,

  Tried that too (but with jbrown) and no results.

-- 
Larry Smith
lesmith at ecsis.net

On Thu July 18 2024 12:31, Bob Wickline via Blueonyx wrote:
> Could be in other files like aliases, etc.  Try this:
>
> find /etc /usr -type f -exec egrep -l 'cfinch|cbrown' {} \;
>
> On 7/18/24 12:20, Larry Smith via Blueonyx wrote:
> > On Thu July 18 2024 12:09, Michael Stauber wrote:
> >> Hi Larry,
> >>
> >>>    The two in question are cfinch, and jbrown.
> >>
> >> Ok, those are NOT reserved usernames like "info", "postmaster" or
> >> "webmaster" and should therefore be usable. Unless they are already in
> >> usage.
> >>
> >> Check with ...
> >>
> >> cat /etc/passwd|grep cfinch
> >> cat /etc/passwd|grep jbrown
> >>
> >> ... to see if these names are already in use on the server. If they
> >> already are in use by Vsite users, then it should tell you the group
> >> name of the Vsite in question where they are being used.
> >
> >   Done deal, grep cfinch /etc/passwd shows nothing,
> > and grep jbrown /etc/passwd shows nothing.  Also
> > check /etc/shadow for both but not there either.
>
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