userdel(8)						      System Manager's Manual							userdel(8)

NAME

       userdel - Deletes a user login account from the system.

SYNOPSIS

       SVE:

       /usr/sbin/userdel [-r] login

       POSIX:

       /usr/sbin/userdel [-D] [-r] [-R] [-t type] [-P] [-x extended_option] login

OPTIONS

       This option is used under enhanced security to delete the user account from /etc/passwd file and the enhanced security protected passwd DB.
       Removes a user's home directory from the system. This directory must exist and must be owned by the  user  whose  login	account  is  being
       deleted.   When enhanced security is enabled, retires the account without deleting entries from the databases or removing home directories.
       Removes a local plus (+) or local minus (-) NIS user from the user database. The value of the type parameter can be +  or  -.   Removes	PC
       accounts  only,	without  deleting  the	user's	existing  UNIX account.  The following extended_option attributes are available: Indicates
       whether the account is distributed. The value of the distributed=n attribute can be 0 or 1. If set to 0, the account is	deleted  from  the
       local  database.  If  set  to 1, the account is deleted from the NIS master database on the running system. When this attribute is set, the
       local attribute is set to the opposite value.  Indicates whether or not the account is local. The value of the local=n attribute can  be  0
       or  1.  If  set	to  1, the account is deleted from the local database. If set to 0, the account information is deleted from the NIS master
       database. When this attribute is set, the distributed attribute is set to the opposite value.  The value of the pc_synchronize=n  attribute
       can  be	0  or  1.  If  set  to 1, both PC and UNIX accounts will be affected by delete operations. If set to 0, only UNIX accounts will be
       affected by delete operations and the PC account will be unaffected.  Specifies an existing login account on the system.

DESCRIPTION

       The userdel command is part of a set of command-line interfaces (CLI) that are used to create and administer user accounts on  the  system.
       When The Advanced Server for UNIX (ASDU) is installed and running, the userdel command can also be used to administer PC accounts. Accounts
       can also be administered with the /usr/bin/X11/dxaccounts graphical user interface (GUI), although the extended options are only  available
       from the CLI utilities such as useradd and usermod.

       Different  options  are available depending on how the local system is configured: In the default UNIX environment, user account management
       is compliant with the IEEE POSIX Draft P13873.3 standard.  If enhanced (C2) security is configured, additional options and extended options
       can  be	used.	The  CLI  is  backwards-compatible, so all existing local scripts will function. However, you should consider testing your
       account management scripts before using them.

       The userdel command deletes a user's login account from the system and makes the login-related changes  in  the	appropriate  system  files
       determined  by  the  current  level  of	security. Additionally, the files and directories contained under the user's home directory can be
       removed from the system.

       With the -x option, the system administrator can specify whether the user login account to be deleted is local or whether it resides in the
       NIS master database. If the -x option is not specified, the user login account is deleted from the appropriate database as specified by the
       system defaults.

       The default behavior on the system for the userdel command is distributed=0 and local=1. With these values, the system  deletes	the  group
       from  the  local  database  by  default.  Setting  the distributed= and local= attributes to the same value (for example, distributed=0 and
       local=0) produces an error.

RESTRICTIONS

       Note the following restriction that applies to this release:

       You must have superuser privilege to execute this command

EXIT STATUS

       The userdel command exits with one of the following values: Success.  Failure.  Warning.

EXAMPLES

       The following example removes the local plus (+) user, newuser1: % userdel -t + newuser1  The  following  example  removes  the	NIS  user,
       newuser4,  from	the  NIS master database: % userdel -x distributed=1 newuser4 The following example deletes the user, xyz, and removes the
       user's home directory: % userdel -r xyz The following example deletes the UNIX account for studentB, removing the home  directory  and  its
       corresponding PC account.  % userdel -r -x  pc_synchronize=1 studentB

FILES

       The userdel command operates on files for the specific level of system security.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  groupadd(8), groupdel(8), groupmod(8), useradd(8), usermod(8), passwd(1),

       Manuals: System Administration, Security, Advanced Server for UNIX Installation and Administration

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