I installed postgresql from a .dmg from some website (druware?) then
decided I didn't like it and wanted to build from source.

The problem is that at the login screen, it still shows a postgresql
user like they have an account on my machine. But in
Preferences->Accounts, it's not listed there.

This is more an annoyance than anything else, but I'd really like to
clean out that old account created by the canned postgresql
installation.

Any ideas?

* jonathon (2006-07-10):
> I installed postgresql from a .dmg from some website (druware?) then
> decided I didn't like it and wanted to build from source.
>
> The problem is that at the login screen, it still shows a postgresql
> user like they have an account on my machine. But in
> Preferences->Accounts, it's not listed there.
>
> This is more an annoyance than anything else, but I'd really like to
> clean out that old account created by the canned postgresql
> installation.
>
> Any ideas?

"/Applications/Utilities/Netinfo Manager"

-Andre

In article <20060710161223.GC25512[at]hvk.local>,
Andre Berger <andre.berger[at]web.de> wrote:

> "/Applications/Utilities/Netinfo Manager"

Netinfo Manager scares me to death. I'd rather change things directly
than mess with it if at all possible. Perhaps I should read
<http://www.apple.com/server/pdfs/UnderstandingUsingNetInfo.pdf> which
is a 1.9 Mb file. It seems I have a lot to learn.

leo

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* Leonard Blaisdell (2006-07-11):
> In article <20060710161223.GC25512[at]hvk.local>,
> Andre Berger <andre.berger[at]web.de> wrote:
>
> > "/Applications/Utilities/Netinfo Manager"
>
> Netinfo Manager scares me to death. I'd rather change things directly
> than mess with it if at all possible. Perhaps I should read
> <http://www.apple.com/server/pdfs/UnderstandingUsingNetInfo.pdf> which
> is a 1.9 Mb file. It seems I have a lot to learn.

The command line (niutil) is even scarier than the GUI. Anyway,
deleting an existing user/group is doable.

-Andre

In article <20060711073125.GD25512[at]hvk.local>,
Andre Berger <andre.berger[at]web.de> wrote:

> The command line (niutil) is even scarier than the GUI. Anyway,
> deleting an existing user/group is doable.

I typed niutil in terminal as an ordinary user. A bunch of config stuff
appeared. I then manned it. I understand that I'll have to read the
large pdf I just downloaded if I decide to fool with it. I really don't
need to use Netinfo Manager. Did I run as root for thirty minutes with
it once? It bothers me that I can't play with computer fire. I'm pretty
good with campfires.

leo

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