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1 perry 1 DELUSER
2 !!!DELUSER
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 FILES
8 SEE ALSO
9 COPYRIGHT
10 ----
11 !!NAME
12
13
14 deluser, delgroup - remove a user or group from the system
15 !!SYNOPSIS
16
17
18 __deluser__ [[options] [[--remove-home]
19 [[--remove-all-files] [[--backup] user
20
21
22 __deluser__ --group [[options] group__
23 delgroup__ [[options] group
24
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26 __deluser__ [[options] user group
27
28
29 __COMMON OPTIONS__
30
31
32 [[--quiet] [[--help] [[--version] [[--conf FILE]
33 !!DESCRIPTION
34
35
36 __deluser__ and __delgroup__ remove users and groups
37 from the system according to command line options and
38 configuration information in ''/etc/deluser.conf''. They
39 are friendlier front ends to the __userdel__ and
40 __groupdel__ programs, removing the home directory as
41 option or even all files on the system owned by the user to
42 be removed, running a custom script, and other features.
43 __deluser__ and __delgroup__ can be run in one of
44 three modes:
45
46
47 __Remove a normal user__
48
49
50 If called with one non-option argument and without the
51 __--group__ options, __deluser__ will remove a normal
52 user.
53
54
55 By default, __deluser__ will remove the user without
56 removing the home directory, the mail spool or any other
57 files on the system owned by the user. Removing the home
58 directory and mail spool can be archieved using the
59 __--remove-home__ option and removing all files on the
60 system owned by the user by the __--remove-all-files__
61 option. Note that if you activate both options
62 __--remove-home__ will have no effect because all files
63 including the home directory and mail spool are already
64 covered by the __--remove-all-files__
65 option.
66
67
68 If you want to backup all files before deleting them you can
69 activate the __--backup__ option which will create a file
70 username.tar(.gz|.bz2) in your current working directory.
71 Both the remove and backup options can also be activated for
72 default in the configuration file /etc/deluser.conf. See
73 __deluser.conf(5)__ for details.
74
75
76 If the file __/usr/local/sbin/deluser.local__ exists, it
77 will be executed after the user account has been removed in
78 order to do any local setup. The arguments passed to
79 __deluser.local__ are:
80 username uid gid home-directory
81
82
83 __Remove a system group__
84
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86 If __deluser__ is called with the __--group__ option,
87 or __delgroup__ is called, a system group will be
88 removed.
89
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91 Warning: If any users have the group to be removed as
92 primary group the group cannot be removed.
93
94
95 __Remove an user from a specific group__
96
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98 If called with two non-option arguments, __deluser__ will
99 remove an user from a specific group.
100 !!OPTIONS
101
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103 __--conf FILE__
104
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106 Use FILE instead of ''/etc/deluser.conf''.
107
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109 __--group__
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112 Remove a group. This is the default action if the program is
113 invoked as ''delgroup''.
114
115
116 __--help__
117
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119 Display brief instructions.
120
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122 __--quiet__
123
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125 Suppress progress messages.
126
127
128 __--version__
129
130
131 Display version and copyright information.
132 !!FILES
133
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135 /etc/deluser.conf
136 !!SEE ALSO
137
138
139 deluser.conf(5), adduser(8), userdel(8),
140 groupdel(8)
141 !!COPYRIGHT
142
143
144 Copyright (C) 2000 Roland Bauerschmidt. This manpage and the
145 deluser program is based on adduser which is:
146 Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Guy Maor.
147 Copyright (C) 1995 Ted Hajek, with a great deal borrowed
148 from the original Debian __adduser__
149 Copyright (C) 1994 Ian Murdock. __deluser__ is free
150 software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or
151 later for copying conditions. There is ''no''
152 warranty.
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