USERDEL(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures USERDEL(8)
NAME
userdel - delete a user's login from the system
SYNOPSIS
userdel [
-r]
loginDESCRIPTION
The
userdel utility deletes a user account from the system and makes
the appropriate account-related changes to the system file and file
system.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-r Remove the user's home directory from the system. This
directory must exist. The files and directories under the home
directory will no longer be accessible following successful
execution of the command.
If the user's home directory is located on a separate
ZFS file
system and the
/etc/default/useradd file contains the parameter
MANAGE_ZFS set to the value
YES, the file system will be
destroyed.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
login An existing login name to be deleted.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
2 Invalid command syntax. A usage message for the
userdel command
is displayed.
6 The account to be removed does not exist.
8 The account to be removed is in use.
10 Cannot update the
/etc/group or
/etc/user_attr file but the
login is removed from the
/etc/passwd file.
12 Cannot remove or otherwise modify the home directory.
FILES
/etc/default/useradd configuration file for user and role administrative
commands
/etc/passwd system password file
/etc/shadow system file containing users' encrypted passwords
and related information
/etc/group system file containing group definitions
/etc/user_attr system file containing additional user attributes
SEE ALSO
auths(1),
passwd(1),
profiles(1),
roles(1),
passwd(5),
prof_attr(5),
user_attr(5),
attributes(7),
groupadd(8),
groupdel(8),
groupmod(8),
logins(8),
roleadd(8),
roledel(8),
rolemod(8),
useradd(8),
usermod(8),
zfs(8)NOTES
The
userdel utility only deletes an account definition that is in the
local
/etc/group,
/etc/passwd,
/etc/shadow, and
/etc/user_attr file.
file. If a network name service is being used to supplement the local
/etc/passwd file with additional entries,
userdel cannot change
information supplied by the network name service.
January 7, 2018 USERDEL(8)
