userdel(1M)
NAME
userdel − delete a user’s login from the system
SYNOPSIS
userdel [ −r ] login
DESCRIPTION
The userdel utility deletes a user’s login from the system and makes the appropriate login-related changes to the system file and file system.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
−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.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
login An existing login name to be deleted.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
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.
FILES
/etc/passwd system password file
/etc/shadow system file contain users’ encrypted passwords and related information
/etc/group system file containing group definitions
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
SEE ALSO
passwd(1), users(1B), groupadd(1M), groupdel(1M), groupmod(1M), logins(1M), useradd(1M), usermod(1M), passwd(4), attributes(5)
NOTES
The userdel utility only deletes a user definition that is in the local /etc/passwd file. If a network name service such as NIS or NIS+ is being used to supplement the local /etc/passwd file with additional entries, userdel cannot change information supplied by the network name service.
SunOS 5.6 — Last change: 14 Sep 1992