I have wrongly given a wrong home directory to a user. This dir is very critical for my production environment(Can;t afford to lose it for a single minute)
Now i want to delete that user,
Whenever i try to delete user it tries to delete its home dir. Commnd i use:
Code:
userdel
Whenever i try to modify its home, it tries to move data of current home to new home. Command i use:
Code:
usermod
Is there any way to delete the user without deleting its home dir?
Or any other way of coming out of this mess?
How do I remove a directory named: $HOME
$ rm "$HOME"
rm: $HOME is a directory
$ rmdir "$HOME"
rmdir: directory "/home/bob": Directory is a mount point or in use (4 Replies)
I created a new user and assigned a certain home dir to tis user. I've noticed that this home dir (/export/home/test) is already assigned to other users. I really want to create a dedicated home dir for the new user. Can anyone tell me how I can modify this user with a new homedir?
Thx for... (4 Replies)
Hi
I am trying to display the home directory of another user. I dont have the permissions to change into their directory and wonder is it possible to display their directory
eg I cant change directory to john but I am trying to display something like /home/John.
If anyone can help I would... (3 Replies)
Hello,
i need to create a user who's access is restricted only to his home directory and below,
i restricted his pty access by adding 'no-pty' to the options of the ssh key in authorized_keys file. However, sftp access still allows this user access to all my file system
thanks (5 Replies)
Hi!
i'm using FreeBSD 6.2 and hosting my pc to frens
in particular of sensitive information being saved to the PC, i would like to know is it possible for me to restrict user access to their /home dir. only?
and also, i wanted to restrict them listing files under /etc
thanks all! (10 Replies)
I created a new user and changed their home directory to /export/home/mydir/ I verified in the passwd file that the home directory is set to the above and that owner of that directory is the new user and yet when I log in as that user I get the following message:
No directory! Logging in with... (14 Replies)
Hello there
Have anyone configured an AIX 5L machine as NIS client? with homedirectories automounted form an NFS share?
The NIS server is running Solaris. I am able to configure the AIX machine as client and user is able to login but
I have configured the client to use the automountd... (0 Replies)
Hi Friends,
I have installed a FTP Server on my Linux machine (Fedora 11).
I want the ftp users to be restricted to their own home dir using sftp.
But the said condition is met when the user logs in using ftp over port 21 and when the user logs in using sftp i.e. protocol 22, he/she has... (4 Replies)
Hi all
i am using solaris 10, i am creating user with
useradd -d/home/user -m -s /bin/sh user
user is created with in the following path
/export/home/user (auto mount)
i need the user to be created like this
(/home as default home directory )
useradd -d /home/user -m -s /bin/sh... (2 Replies)
Whenever i switch from root to another user, by doing su - user, it takes me to home directory of user. This is very annoying as i want to be in same dir to run different commands as root sometimes and sometimes as normal user.
How to fix this? (1 Reply)
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userdel
userdel(1M)userdel(1M)NAME
userdel - delete a user login from the system
SYNOPSIS
alternate_password_file] login
DESCRIPTION
The command deletes a user login from the system by modifying the appropriate login related files.
The command requires the login argument. login is the name to be deleted, specified as a string of printable characters. It may not con-
tain a colon or a newline
Refer to usergroupname(5) to understand the functionality changes with the Numeric User Group Name feature.
Options
recognizes the following options:
The home directory of
login is removed from the system. This directory must exist. Following the successful execution of this command, none of
the files and directories under the home directory will be available.
If a user is deleted and the home directory is shared by others, then this directory is not deleted even with the option.
Force the changes, even if the login is currently in use.
Specify that the changes are being made to the alternate
password file of NIS specified by the option. The and options should not be used with this option.
Specify the path of the alternate password file of NIS.
The option is used with the option.
In the event where a directory is shared by users of the same group and the owner of that directory is deleted, then the ownership of that
directory is propagated to the next user who is sharing that directory. The new owner is determined by looking at the order in which the
users sharing this directory are added to the file. If there is only one user remaining then the directory is brought back to unshared
mode by resetting the permissions to from
NIS
This command is aware of NIS user and group entries. Only local users and groups may be deleted or modified with this command. Attempts
to delete or modify NIS users or groups will result in an error. NIS users and groups must be administered from the NIS server. The com-
mand may fail with the error
(return value 6) if the user specified is an NIS user (see passwd(4)). The error
(return value 10) is returned if a local user belongs to an NIS group (see group(4)).
NFS
Errors may occur with the option if the affected directory is within an NFS mounted file system that does not allow root privileges across
the NFS mount, and the directory or files within the directory do not have sufficient permissions.
RETURN VALUE
exits with one of the following values:
Successful completion.
Invalid command syntax.
Invalid argument supplied to an option.
The login to be removed does not exist.
The login to be removed is in use.
Cannot modify the
file, but the login was removed from the file.
Unable to remove or modify the home directory.
Unable to open
file or file is non-existent.
file or
file busy. Another command may be modifying the file.
Cannot delete entry from
file.
Out of memory.
Invalid template file.
EXAMPLES
Remove the user from the system:
Remove the user from the system and delete home directory from the system:
WARNINGS
Because many users may try to write the file simultaneously, a password locking mechanism was devised. If this locking fails after subse-
quent retrying, terminates.
FILES
Shadow Password file
System Password file
System group file
Lock file used when updating password file
SEE ALSO passwd(1), users(1), groupadd(1M), groupdel(1M), groupmod(1M), logins(1M), useradd(1M), usermod(1M), group(4), passwd(4), shadow(4), user-
groupname(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE userdel(1M)