[p4] Deleting Perforce users without starting Perforce Server

[Ivey, William]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com]On Behalf Of Eugene
> Boguslavsky

> Here is my current delema. We are trying to start another 
> instance of a perforce server in a remote location. Until we 
> get a new license for this server we are trying to start it 
> with just 1 user. Since we have restored the entire perforce 
> dabase from our current server into the new server, it 
> contains information for about 30 users, therefore the new 
> perforce instance server can not start because it is not 
> licensed and is only valid for 2 users and the database tells 
> it that we have over 30 users. Is there a way to delete all 
> the users without starting the server first (p4d)?

If the remote location can contact the original server, you can
set P4AUTH to point to the original server and the remote
server will authenticate from it.

Alternately, I believe if you just move the db.user file out
of the way it will start up in unlicensed mode without any
users defined.

-Wm