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NAME
     userdel - delete a user's login from the system

SYNOPSIS
     userdel [-r] login

DESCRIPTION
     The userdel command deletes a user's login from  the  system
     and  makes the appropriate login-related changes to the sys-
     tem file and file system.  The following options are  avail-
     able:

     -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 follow-
          ing successful execution of the command.

     login
          A string of  printable  characters  that  specifies  an
          existing  login  on  the  system.  It may not contain a
          colon (:), or a newline (\n).

FILES
     /etc/passwd
     /etc/shadow
     /etc/group
     /etc/security/ia/index
     /etc/security/ia/master
     /etc/security/ia/uidage

SEE ALSO
     groupadd(1M), groupdel(1M), groupmod(1M), logins(1M),
     passwd(1), passwd(1M), useradd(1M), usermod(1M), users(1).

DIAGNOSTICS
     The userdel command exits with one of the following values:

     0    Success.

     2    Invalid command syntax.  A usage message for the user-
          del command is displayed.

     6    The login to be removed does not exist.

     8    The login to be removed is in use.

     10   Cannot update the /etc/group file but the login is
          removed from the /etc/passwd file.

     12   Cannot remove or otherwise modify the home directory.





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