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Linux Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition
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Linux Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Barrett
March 2012
Beginner to intermediate
230 pages
7h 27m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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userdel — stdin  stdout  - file  -- opt  --help  --version

Synopsis

userdel [-r] username

The userdel command deletes an existing user.

# userdel smith

It does not delete the files in the user’s home directory unless you supply the -r option. Think carefully before deleting a user; consider deactivating the account instead (with usermod -L). And make sure you have backups of all the user’s files before deleting them: you might need them again someday.

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