why I can't delete some users?, how to "clean VPS"?

[Windows]

hello.

When ISP delivery VPS:

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[root@pepsi ~]# cat /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1 | sort
adm
avahi-autoipd
bin
centos
daemon
dbus
ftp
games
halt
lp
mail
nobody
operator
polkitd
postfix
root
shutdown
sshd
sync
systemd-bus-proxy
systemd-network
tss
whbadmin
whbhelper
[root@pepsi ~]#

you can see:

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avahi-autoipd
centos
systemd-bus-proxy
tss
whbadmin
whbhelper

six strangers users.

then we run:

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killall avahi-autoipd
killall centos
killall systemd-bus-proxy
killall tss
killall whbadmin
killall whbhelper

pkill -u avahi-autoipd
pkill -u centos
pkill -u systemd-bus-proxy
pkill -u tss
pkill -u whbadmin
pkill -u whbhelper

but when we try delete:

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[root@pepsi ~]# killall avahi-autoipd
avahi-autoipd: no process found
[root@pepsi ~]# killall centos
centos: no process found
[root@pepsi ~]# killall systemd-bus-proxy
systemd-bus-proxy: no process found
[root@pepsi ~]# killall tss
tss: no process found
[root@pepsi ~]# killall whbadmin
whbadmin: no process found
[root@pepsi ~]# killall whbhelper
whbhelper: no process found
[root@pepsi ~]# pkill -u avahi-autoipd
[root@pepsi ~]# pkill -u centos
[root@pepsi ~]# pkill -u systemd-bus-proxy
[root@pepsi ~]# pkill -u tss
[root@pepsi ~]# pkill -u whbadmin
[root@pepsi ~]# pkill -u whbhelper
[root@pepsi ~]# userdel -r avahi-autoipd
userdel: avahi-autoipd mail spool (/var/spool/mail/avahi-autoipd) not found
[root@pepsi ~]# userdel -r centos
[root@pepsi ~]# userdel -r systemd-bus-proxy
userdel: systemd-bus-proxy mail spool (/var/spool/mail/systemd-bus-proxy) not found
userdel: / not owned by systemd-bus-proxy, not removing
[root@pepsi ~]# userdel -r tss
userdel: tss mail spool (/var/spool/mail/tss) not found
userdel: /dev/null not owned by tss, not removing
[root@pepsi ~]# userdel -r whbadmin
[root@pepsi ~]# userdel -r whbhelper
[root@pepsi ~]#

wy no is possible delete some users??


this is sufficent to "clean VPS" ??


thanks

[TrevorH]

this is sufficent to "clean VPS" ??

No.

As I said before, if you do not trust your hoster then you need to move. They have physical control of your hardware and can do anything to it that they want. If you cannot trust them to start with then you cannot trust them full stop.