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Re: Unneeded User Accounts


From: "Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 12:53:35 -0400

What kind of system are we talking about?

You could always lock one - it nobody complains, it isn't used.  ;-)

Jim

sjm wrote:

Does anyone know of a way to find out which system accounts are not in use and
can be deleted?  RedHat installs alot of them like 'games' some of which I know
aren't needed on my web server, others I am not sure about.

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