Deleting Users
Use the deluser
command to delete users from your system. This command removes a user’s entry in the system’s /etc/passwd
file. You should also use the command’s --remove-all-files
and --remove-home
option to remove all the user’s files and directories (such as the user’s mail spool file under /var/spool/mail
):
matthew@seymour:~$ sudo deluser --remove-all-files --remove-home andrew
If you do not use the -remove-home
option, you have to manually delete the user’s directory under /home
, along with the user’s /var/spool/mail
queue.
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