[X-Unix] Changing owner globally

[William H. Magill]

On 01 Jul, 2004, at 20:13, Stroller wrote:
>> I presume I should first change ownership and then delete the account 
>> (what happens if you delete the account of a user that has ownership 
>> of files that remain on the system?)
>
> The files are still owned by his numerical UID.

Remember that when the account is deleted, it is not completely 
deleted. The contents of his home directory are archived. The account 
GUI will tell you where when you delete the account.

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William H. Magill
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