Andrew Toskin wrote: > If it were really important to make sure the user could no longer > access the system at all, why not just delete the account? Deleting > the user does not (necessarily) delete their data, so what's the use > case for keeping the account at all in such a situation? The files they owned, which may not only be in their home directory but also in shared directories, will remain owned by the former user's numeric user ID. That user ID is now unallocated, and may get reused when a new account is created. The new user then gets access to all of the former user's files. Björn
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