Remove human accounts from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files

Hey there. Though it seems like an easy task, would not be that easy in terms of human user detection. So I would love to give the same a try, if it fixes your problem, then works for both of us. Relevant Skills and Experience Python developer, Linux guy and c++ dev. All in one. I love working with devops. Let's do this?!

Hi how are you you? do you want remove linux users? if yes you do need remove manually from the file there is userdel command for that if you want i can write script for that.

Hi, If I understand your requirement correctly, this can be achieved easily with bash/shell script. Let me know if interested. Thank You

Hello. Lots of sysadmin experience here. Why would you need Python for that? This can be and should be solved with a not-so-difficult bash script. Just let me know if you need my help. Thank you.

I've been programming *nix machines for 40 years and now retired. Python is my language of choice and very familar with sysAdmin scripts like you are asking me for. I would need to know how you are seperating human accounts (e.g. ID's > 1000) to be sure we are on the same page and also if you just want to delete them or you want to save them in some sort of text file for logging or later restoration. Feel free to text me so I fully understand your requirments.

I have done some like this with bash. I can convert this script to python. I can start working on the project today! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about this project. Have a great day. Best regards, Vassily A.

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Hello! I'm Michael, a UK-based professional with over 8 years of experience developing Python software. I'm also extremely familiar with Linux. I've been responsible for a variety of high-priority projects, for clients from the Australian Government and major telecoms providers to small local businesses with a dream. Let's discuss this project further and see what I can do for you. Regards, Michael.

I've actually built a tool similar to this in the past! It should be failry straightforward to build a tool that can crossreference an inputted /etc/passwd file with both a set of keywords and the existence of a home directory to tell which users are human, and rewrite the file to remove them.