TNWestTex wrote: > It was 501. Wow, yum erase takes all of openoffice with hsqldb. > Remove and reinstall followed by restart doesn't change anything it > is still 501:501 Bah, that's because I can't read. :) The spec file used to delete the user on removal, but now it's commented out: %preun if [ "$1" = "0" ]; then rm -f %{_localstatedir}/lib/%{name}/lib/hsqldb.jar rm -f %{_localstatedir}/lib/%{name}/lib/servlet.jar #%{_sbindir}/userdel %{name} >> /dev/null 2>&1 || : #%{_sbindir}/groupdel %{name} >> /dev/null 2>&1 || : fi I missed the # marks there. Sorry for sending you on a goose chase. > Anything wrong with editing group and passwd? That should work fine. Just remember to change any files owned by the hsqldb user. The usermod command will change any files in the user's home dir automatically, but files outside of the home dir need to be changed manually. -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Conscience: the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. -- H. L. Mencken
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