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Done
Extracting Domain....Done
Generating Account....Ouch, sorry that username is taken

Account creation failed.. cannot continue..
Account Restore Failed...
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how do i remove a username so i may restore the account?

Hi. I assume you are using Cpanel.
When listing installed accounts, does it show there?

If it doesn`t, there are still many places in the CPanel system
where information could have been not removed properly.

You can contact me on MSN, and I`ll walk you throught it.


Thomas

this is weird!!
when i enter "userdel username"
it returns "userdel: user griffin does not exist"

so why is this above error showing?

Box0, thanks, i'll contact you now

IMed you but no response

check in /etc/group :)

also, /var/cpanel/users

I ran into a similar problem not too long ago. I found this solution (http://forums.cpanel.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8449&highlight=Terminate+an+account) which worked. Look for the post by Cass there...

Andrew & Watcher_TVI,,,
thanks to the both of you... your posts sort of completed eachother and formed the correct solution for me.

THANKS!!!!!!!!! :D