Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System
Chapter 2 User Accounts and Roles
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5 Is the user you are deleting a Regular User?
If yes, type
groupdel [username]
and press Enter. The system deletes the
group associated with that user.
Note: Substitute the user's name for [username]. Do not type the brackets [ ]
in the command.
Note: Substitute the user's name for [username]. Do not type the brackets [ ]
in the command.
If no, go to the next step.
6 Is the user you are deleting an Administrator Account on the DNCS?
If yes, complete the following steps to delete the WebUI user account:
a Open the /etc/apache2/user-conf/SAIdncs.digest file with a text editor.
b Delete the entire line that contains the username to be deleted.
c Save and close the SAIdncs.digest file.
b Delete the entire line that contains the username to be deleted.
c Save and close the SAIdncs.digest file.
If no, you are finished with this procedure.
Important: Even when you delete a user, the username still exists in the password
history file. We do not recommend that you edit this file. If you delete a user, then
add the same user again, that user's old password history remains in effect. Thus, the
new account will not be able to change the password to any of the previous 5
passwords used by the old account.
history file. We do not recommend that you edit this file. If you delete a user, then
add the same user again, that user's old password history remains in effect. Thus, the
new account will not be able to change the password to any of the previous 5
passwords used by the old account.