Thread-topic: Bulk Deleting of User Accounts and Files
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On 8/7/06 7:41 PM, "Dan Shoop" <email@hidden> wrote:
> At 12:07 PM -0400 8/7/06, Adam Gerson wrote:
>> We have to delete about 100 users from our directory of around 1000. I need
>> to delete the OD user records as well as the home folders. Given a text file
>> with short names does anyone have a script that could accomplish this task?
>
> Deleting users of a system is generally not recommended.
>
> POSIX permissions are based on UID/GID and a recycled UID or GID can
> lead to security issues. Any user anywhere could have file(s)
> permitting the current UID/GID owners to access files.
>
> Instead consider disabling dead accounts rather than removing the
> account. Then remove *all* files owned by them *everywhere*, not just
> in /their/ HOMEs.
>
I think you make a good point. However, we are a school so every year we
have about 100 students leave and another 100 new users. After time doesn't
this practice of just disabling accounts create a lot of clutter and
unnecessary data?
Using Passenger I can ensure that new accounts are created with unused UIDs.
>> I could even write my own if I knew the command line code for deleting a
>> user account.
>
> Did you read the Command Line docs.
I did, they provide an example using dscl in interactive mode. Can I use
interactive mode from within a script? I am looking for an example I can
execute in a single line inside a loop within a script.
Adam
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