Edward> Never delete user accounts. Just disable them. For precisely Edward> the reason mentioned - after a user account is deleted, Edward> whether Windows or Linux fileshare, the system says "I don't Edward> know who owns those files..."
We don't delete them right away, but we do ask their manager to cleanup and we will chown them to someone else as needed. Generally the manager. Depending on the company, nuking accounts might be the only way to do it. At a smaller shop, UIDs aren't a problem, but username conflicts can and do crop up. Basically, if you have a process which all agree on and understand, you're set. Get management to buy in with the process and force Security to work with that. John _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
