RE: Hearing the truth??

I wanted to thank everyone who responded.  I was literally inundated
with thoughts and ideas, and they really allowed me to get a grasp of
some of the broader issues we're dealing with.  

Thanks everyone!  This is what a good newsgroup should always be about!

Brennan 



> I've got an interesting situation at the office I could use some
advice
> on.  I'm being asked from a security perspective whether the following
> statement (made by our Unix admins) could be considered true:
> 
> "The only way you can delete a user account on a unix environment is
to
> write a series of scripts to eliminate file associations."
> 
> So, while I don't disagree with the logic, is this actually the case
> that there are no commercial tools available to assist in this arena,
> and the only method of deleting a user on a system safely and
> effectively is to write a bunch of scripts on your own?  This just
begs
> to be a problem solved by a commercial entity if it's actually the
case.
> 
> 
> We're in a Sun environment. Some thoughts would be appreciated.