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Name
userdel - delete a user account
Synopsis
# userdel [-r] <login>
Description
This program deletes a user account in the system.
This program must be run as root.
Options
- -r,- --remove: Remove the home directory for this user if the directory exists.
Exit Values
- 0 - Success
- 1 - Couldn't update the password file
- 6 - Specified user doesn't exist
- 12 - Couldn't remove home directory
Files
- /etc/passwd- user information (such as UID and GID) in this file is deleted.
- /home/- user home directroy is deleted if the- -rflag is specified.
Examples
# userdel alice
# userdel -r alice
# userdel --remove alice
