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 system file and file system. 

The following options are available:

−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. 

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 userdel 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.