How do I/or can I change pb ownership

I just gave my friend my older g4 pb, 15" 166mghz. I had a new hd installed with os 10.4.9. how can I get rid of my user folder and have my friend as the only user... we have created a new user/id but the pb wants to defer back to my user folder...
do I need to do total os install to have only my friend as the sole owner?

I looked over that link, and it does have one pitfall. It is asking a user to use rm command in single user mode, which basically is superuser. This with a typo can have devastating effects such as a complete wipe of a hard drive. Be very careful.

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