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I want to delete "ampps" and "mysql" account at login menu. I've tried delete it from User Manager but there's only "audi" and "root" account.  :'(

Here's screenshots:

I can't see a reason that they didn't show up but you can try this from command line.


where newuser is the name of the account you want to delete.

Hi Mpig

I assume ampps and mysql are the result of a software package installation? If you didn't remove the sofware do you want to delete those accounts or just have them not appear at login?

I *think* if you append the account name in the /etc/passwd file with
:/user/sbin/nologin
it will prevent the account from displaying at login.

Here's an example from my /etc/passwd file. See how each of these account names end with :/usr/sbin/nologin

mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin


Please be cautious and backup the /etc/passed file first.

~Scott

(09-13-2014, 08:45 AM)sonic link Wrote: [ -> ]I can't see a reason that they didn't show up but you can try this from command line.

Code:

sudo deluser newuser

where newuser is the name of the account you want to delete.

It works! Thanks. 

(09-13-2014, 02:16 PM)Scott(0) link Wrote: [ -> ]Hi Mpig

I assume ampps and mysql are the result of a software package installation? If you didn't remove the sofware do you want to delete those accounts or just have them not appear at login?

I *think* if you append the account name in the /etc/passwd file with
:/user/sbin/nologin
it will prevent the account from displaying at login.

Here's an example from my /etc/passwd file. See how each of these account names end with :/usr/sbin/nologin

mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin


Please be cautious and backup the /etc/passed file first.

~Scott

All i want to do is just to delete that accounts. Since i already removed the app.
But i think i should note your solution, just in case i install this app again. Too many accounts at login menu annoying.
Thank you Scott.  ;D

You're welcom Mpig. Happy to see you got things sorted.