how to undo system user creation

Question

to troubleshoot a Ubuntu package manager problem I have to do

sudo deluser --system messagebus

I want to know what is the command to undo the above before I try it.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '11 at 09:48

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sudo adduser --system messagebus

check

man adduser

answered Feb 09 '11 at 09:48

rems

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 24 '11 at 00:38

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Before any action, copy "/etc/passwd" to a safe place.

Then, to recreate the user:

adduser --system --home $HOME --shell $SHELL --uid $UID messagebus

HOME,SHELL,UID look in the copy you made of /etc/passwd.

edited Jul 24 '11 at 00:38

womble

answered Feb 09 '11 at 10:07

alvosu

Thanks I just wanted to be sure before doing hence asked here. – Registered User Feb 09 '11 at 10:40

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