Hearing the truth??

From: OBrien, Brennan (BOBrien_at_columbia.com)
Date: 02/18/04

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    All:

    I've got an interesting situation at the office I could use some advice
    on. I'm being asked from a security perspective whether the following
    statement (made by our Unix admins) could be considered true:

    "The only way you can delete a user account on a unix environment is to
    write a series of scripts to eliminate file associations."

    So, while I don't disagree with the logic, is this actually the case
    that there are no commercial tools available to assist in this arena,
    and the only method of deleting a user on a system safely and
    effectively is to write a bunch of scripts on your own? This just begs
    to be a problem solved by a commercial entity if it's actually the case.

    We're in a Sun environment. Some thoughts would be appreciated.

    Brennan

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