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userdel

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

NAME

       userdel - delete an user account

SYNOPSIS

       userdel [-D binddn] [-P path] [-r[-f]]
	       [--service service] [--help] [-u] [-v] account

DESCRIPTION

       userdel deletes an user account from the local system files or a LDAP database and removes all entries that refer to account from the group
       database. Before the  account  is  removed,  the  USERDEL_PRECMD  command  as  defined  in  login.defs(5)  is  called,  after  removal  the
       USERDEL_POSTCMD command is called.

OPTIONS

       -r, --remove-home
	      Remove  the  whole  home	directory  and the mail spool of the specified account. Files located in other directories will have to be
	      searched for and deleted manually.

       -f, --force
	      This option is used to force the removal of files, even if not owned by the account.

       --service service
	      Add the account to a special directory. The default is files, but ldap is also valid.

       -D, --binddn binddn
	      Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory.	The user will be prompted for a password  for  simple  authentica-
	      tion.

       -P, --path path
	      The  passwd  and	shadow	files  are  located  below the specified directory path. chpasswd will use this files, not /etc/passwd and
	      /etc/shadow.

       --help Print a list of valid options with a short description.

       -u, --usage
	      Print a short list of valid options.

       -v, --version
	      Print the version number and exit.

FILES

       passwd - user account information
       shadow - shadow user account information
       group - group information

SEE ALSO

       passwd(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5), shadow(5), useradd(8), usermod(8)

AUTHOR

       Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>

pwdutils							   October 2003 							userdel(8)

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