Remove unwanted user, group and ID.

Can this be posted as a user tip in my name? I am unable to post to user tips.
After a recent aborted MacPorts install on OS X 10.5.8 I followed MacPorts uninstall instructions at:
http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html
The uninstall worked well except that I was left with a user called 'macports' with ID 503 which showed up when adding a user in Get Info or using AppleJack. I was not able to remove this user in System Preferences/Accounts nor add another user with the same name.
I eventually discovered that this could be resolved by removing the following as root:
/private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/macports.plist
/private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/groups/macports.plist
This has removed MacPorts and ID 503 from Get Info and AppleJack and I can now create a new user called MacPorts in System Preferences/Accounts despite the remaining historic entries in /private/var/db/dslocal/indices/Default/index.
I assume this will work in non-MacPorts situations where the user cannot be removed in System Preferences/Accounts.
This will probably work in all versions of Leopard and some later OSs.

Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion
1. enable root user
          click apple(menu)
          ->System Preferences...-> System - Users & Groups
          unlock-> click
                  ->Network Account Server: Join...
          ->Open Directory Utility...
          unlock
          From Directory Utility menu Edit->Enable Root User
2. switch to root
         su root
3. delete files Neville Hillyermentioned
          rm /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/macports.plist
          rm /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/groups/macports.plist
4. "disable root user" and "lock" every unlocked menu for safety reason by following step 1

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