I recently installed Kubuntu 16.04 on a new laptop. Because of some confusion, I created an admin account with my real name. I then created another admin account with a less personal name. I now want to get rid of (delete) the first admin account.
I went into Kubuntu's User Accounts GUI. There, I could remove admin privileges easily from the account I want to delete. But then when I actually tried to delete the user, I got this response:
Why does the system claim that the other user "is using the system right now" when that isn't true?
Is there a safe way to delete the other user? A terminal-based solution is welcome.
31 Answer
The userdel command has a -f option to force delete the user, so typing
userdel -f *Name*should delete it.
If that does not work, edit /etc/passwd with your favorite text editor. You should find something like
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
m:x:0:100::/home/m:/bin/bash(there are many more entries) now search for the user you want to delete. Once found, change the first 0 to another number. This is the UID of the User, and the UID 0 represents root. Once changed you can just use
deluser *Name*to delete it.
