Can't Delete User Account - On Mac Os X Server

Hi, I am running Server v 2.2.1 on Mountain Lion 10.8.3 (I don't see a community set up for this new server software so I'm asking here)
I just created a user account in the server but made a mistake and for some reason it won't let me delete the account.
Clicking on the little minus box does nothing and when I go into the "edit user" everything is greyed out accept for the "Administer the server" checkbox.
Other accounts I've created don't have this issue so I'm not sure what is going on.
Is there a way to delete this account? Maybe from the Terminal?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

I figured it out. For some reason there was no admin write access to the User folders.

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