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<!--
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1991 - 1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2007 - 2011, Nicolas François
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* man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE_GROUPS.xml, man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE.xml, man/login.defs.d/DEFAULT_HOME.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_HZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENVIRON_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_PATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_SUPATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_TZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ERASECHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAIL_DELAY.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAILLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAKE_SHELL.xml, man/login.defs.d/FTMP_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/HUSHLOGIN_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ISSUE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/KILLCHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/LASTLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_RETRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_TIMEOUT.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_OK_LOGINS.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_UNKFAIL_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MAIL_CHECK_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MOTD_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/NOLOGINS_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/OBSCURE_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_ALWAYS_WARN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_CHANGE_TRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_LEN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/QUOTAS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SULOG_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_NAME.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_WHEEL_ONLY.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SU_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYTYPE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ULIMIT.xml, man/login.defs.d/USERGROUPS_ENAB.xml: New documentation of login.defs variables. * man/login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml: Updated. It now contains the MAIL_FILE documentation. * man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_STRING.xml: Updated. Mentions %s. * man/pwconv.8.xml, man/groupmems.8.xml, man/groupdel.8.xml, man/useradd.8.xml, man/pwck.8.xml, man/groupadd.8.xml, man/sulogin.8.xml, man/newgrp.1.xml, man/usermod.8.xml, man/su.1.xml, man/vipw.8.xml, man/passwd.1.xml, man/groupmod.8.xml, man/login.1.xml, man/userdel.8.xml, man/grpck.8.xml: Added CONFIGURATION section. * man/generate_mans.mak: The generations of manpages depends on the variables from the Makefiles. Add the dependency on Makefile. * man/login.defs.5.xml: New login.defs variable documented. * man/Makefile.am: Added XML variable documentation to the distributed files.
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<!ENTITY MAIL_DIR SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml">
<!ENTITY MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP.xml">
<!ENTITY TCB_SYMLINKS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/TCB_SYMLINKS.xml">
<!ENTITY USE_TCB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/USE_TCB.xml">
* man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE_GROUPS.xml, man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE.xml, man/login.defs.d/DEFAULT_HOME.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_HZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENVIRON_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_PATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_SUPATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_TZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ERASECHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAIL_DELAY.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAILLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAKE_SHELL.xml, man/login.defs.d/FTMP_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/HUSHLOGIN_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ISSUE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/KILLCHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/LASTLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_RETRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_TIMEOUT.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_OK_LOGINS.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_UNKFAIL_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MAIL_CHECK_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MOTD_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/NOLOGINS_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/OBSCURE_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_ALWAYS_WARN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_CHANGE_TRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_LEN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/QUOTAS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SULOG_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_NAME.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_WHEEL_ONLY.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SU_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYTYPE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ULIMIT.xml, man/login.defs.d/USERGROUPS_ENAB.xml: New documentation of login.defs variables. * man/login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml: Updated. It now contains the MAIL_FILE documentation. * man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_STRING.xml: Updated. Mentions %s. * man/pwconv.8.xml, man/groupmems.8.xml, man/groupdel.8.xml, man/useradd.8.xml, man/pwck.8.xml, man/groupadd.8.xml, man/sulogin.8.xml, man/newgrp.1.xml, man/usermod.8.xml, man/su.1.xml, man/vipw.8.xml, man/passwd.1.xml, man/groupmod.8.xml, man/login.1.xml, man/userdel.8.xml, man/grpck.8.xml: Added CONFIGURATION section. * man/generate_mans.mak: The generations of manpages depends on the variables from the Makefiles. Add the dependency on Makefile. * man/login.defs.5.xml: New login.defs variable documented. * man/Makefile.am: Added XML variable documentation to the distributed files.
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<!ENTITY USERDEL_CMD SYSTEM "login.defs.d/USERDEL_CMD.xml">
<!ENTITY USERGROUPS_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/USERGROUPS_ENAB.xml">
<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE -->
* man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE_GROUPS.xml, man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE.xml, man/login.defs.d/DEFAULT_HOME.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_HZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENVIRON_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_PATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_SUPATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_TZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ERASECHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAIL_DELAY.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAILLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAKE_SHELL.xml, man/login.defs.d/FTMP_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/HUSHLOGIN_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ISSUE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/KILLCHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/LASTLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_RETRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_TIMEOUT.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_OK_LOGINS.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_UNKFAIL_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MAIL_CHECK_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MOTD_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/NOLOGINS_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/OBSCURE_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_ALWAYS_WARN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_CHANGE_TRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_LEN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/QUOTAS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SULOG_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_NAME.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_WHEEL_ONLY.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SU_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYTYPE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ULIMIT.xml, man/login.defs.d/USERGROUPS_ENAB.xml: New documentation of login.defs variables. * man/login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml: Updated. It now contains the MAIL_FILE documentation. * man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_STRING.xml: Updated. Mentions %s. * man/pwconv.8.xml, man/groupmems.8.xml, man/groupdel.8.xml, man/useradd.8.xml, man/pwck.8.xml, man/groupadd.8.xml, man/sulogin.8.xml, man/newgrp.1.xml, man/usermod.8.xml, man/su.1.xml, man/vipw.8.xml, man/passwd.1.xml, man/groupmod.8.xml, man/login.1.xml, man/userdel.8.xml, man/grpck.8.xml: Added CONFIGURATION section. * man/generate_mans.mak: The generations of manpages depends on the variables from the Makefiles. Add the dependency on Makefile. * man/login.defs.5.xml: New login.defs variable documented. * man/Makefile.am: Added XML variable documentation to the distributed files.
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]>
<refentry id='userdel.8'>
<!-- $Id$ -->
<refentryinfo>
<author>
<firstname>Julianne Frances</firstname>
<surname>Haugh</surname>
<contrib>Creation, 1991</contrib>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Thomas</firstname>
<surname>Kłoczko</surname>
<email>kloczek@pld.org.pl</email>
<contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2000 - 2007</contrib>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Nicolas</firstname>
<surname>François</surname>
<email>nicolas.francois@centraliens.net</email>
<contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2007 - now</contrib>
</author>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>userdel</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">System Management Commands</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="source">shadow-utils</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="version">&SHADOW_UTILS_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv id='name'>
<refname>userdel</refname>
<refpurpose>delete a user account and related files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>userdel</command>
<arg choice='opt'>options</arg>
<arg choice='plain'>
<replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable>
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
The <command>userdel</command> command modifies the system account
files, deleting all entries that refer to the user name <emphasis
remap='I'>LOGIN</emphasis>. The named user must exist.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='options'>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<para>
The options which apply to the <command>userdel</command> command are:
</para>
<variablelist remap='IP'>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-f</option>, <option>--force</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This option forces the removal of the user account, even if the
user is still
logged in. It also forces <command>userdel</command> to remove
the user's home directory and mail spool, even if another
user uses the same home directory or if the mail spool is not
owned by the specified user. If
<option>USERGROUPS_ENAB</option> is defined to <emphasis
remap='I'>yes</emphasis> in <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>
and if a group exists with the same name as the deleted user,
then this group will be removed, even if it is still the primary
group of another user.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>Note:</emphasis> This option is dangerous and may leave
your system in an inconsistent state.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
<listitem>
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<para>Display help message and exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-r</option>, <option>--remove</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Files in the user's home directory will be removed along with
the home directory itself and the user's mail spool. Files
located in other file systems will have to be searched for and
deleted manually.
</para>
<para>
The mail spool is defined by the <option>MAIL_DIR</option>
variable in the <filename>login.defs</filename> file.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-R</option>, <option>--root</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Apply changes in the <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
directory and use the configuration files from the
<replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable> directory.
Only absolute paths are supported.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-P</option>, <option>--prefix</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>PREFIX_DIR</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Apply changes in the <replaceable>PREFIX_DIR</replaceable>
directory and use the configuration files from the
<replaceable>PREFIX_DIR</replaceable> directory.
This option does not chroot and is intended for preparing
a cross-compilation target.
Some limitations: NIS and LDAP users/groups are not verified.
PAM authentication is using the host files.
No SELINUX support.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-Z</option>, <option>--selinux-user</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove any SELinux user mapping for the user's login.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
* man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE_GROUPS.xml, man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE.xml, man/login.defs.d/DEFAULT_HOME.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_HZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENVIRON_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_PATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_SUPATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_TZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ERASECHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAIL_DELAY.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAILLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAKE_SHELL.xml, man/login.defs.d/FTMP_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/HUSHLOGIN_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ISSUE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/KILLCHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/LASTLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_RETRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_TIMEOUT.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_OK_LOGINS.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_UNKFAIL_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MAIL_CHECK_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MOTD_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/NOLOGINS_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/OBSCURE_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_ALWAYS_WARN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_CHANGE_TRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_LEN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/QUOTAS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SULOG_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_NAME.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_WHEEL_ONLY.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SU_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYTYPE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ULIMIT.xml, man/login.defs.d/USERGROUPS_ENAB.xml: New documentation of login.defs variables. * man/login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml: Updated. It now contains the MAIL_FILE documentation. * man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_STRING.xml: Updated. Mentions %s. * man/pwconv.8.xml, man/groupmems.8.xml, man/groupdel.8.xml, man/useradd.8.xml, man/pwck.8.xml, man/groupadd.8.xml, man/sulogin.8.xml, man/newgrp.1.xml, man/usermod.8.xml, man/su.1.xml, man/vipw.8.xml, man/passwd.1.xml, man/groupmod.8.xml, man/login.1.xml, man/userdel.8.xml, man/grpck.8.xml: Added CONFIGURATION section. * man/generate_mans.mak: The generations of manpages depends on the variables from the Makefiles. Add the dependency on Makefile. * man/login.defs.5.xml: New login.defs variable documented. * man/Makefile.am: Added XML variable documentation to the distributed files.
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<refsect1 id='configuration'>
<title>CONFIGURATION</title>
<para>
The following configuration variables in
<filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> change the behavior of this
tool:
</para>
<variablelist>
&MAIL_DIR; <!-- documents also MAIL_FILE -->
&MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP;
&TCB_SYMLINKS;
&USE_TCB;
* man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE_GROUPS.xml, man/login.defs.d/CONSOLE.xml, man/login.defs.d/DEFAULT_HOME.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_HZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENVIRON_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_PATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_SUPATH.xml, man/login.defs.d/ENV_TZ.xml, man/login.defs.d/ERASECHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAIL_DELAY.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAILLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/FAKE_SHELL.xml, man/login.defs.d/FTMP_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/HUSHLOGIN_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ISSUE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/KILLCHAR.xml, man/login.defs.d/LASTLOG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_RETRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_TIMEOUT.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_OK_LOGINS.xml, man/login.defs.d/LOG_UNKFAIL_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MAIL_CHECK_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/MOTD_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/NOLOGINS_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/OBSCURE_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_ALWAYS_WARN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_CHANGE_TRIES.xml, man/login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_LEN.xml, man/login.defs.d/PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/QUOTAS_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SULOG_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_NAME.xml, man/login.defs.d/SU_WHEEL_ONLY.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SG_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/SYSLOG_SU_ENAB.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml, man/login.defs.d/TTYTYPE_FILE.xml, man/login.defs.d/ULIMIT.xml, man/login.defs.d/USERGROUPS_ENAB.xml: New documentation of login.defs variables. * man/login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml: Updated. It now contains the MAIL_FILE documentation. * man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_STRING.xml: Updated. Mentions %s. * man/pwconv.8.xml, man/groupmems.8.xml, man/groupdel.8.xml, man/useradd.8.xml, man/pwck.8.xml, man/groupadd.8.xml, man/sulogin.8.xml, man/newgrp.1.xml, man/usermod.8.xml, man/su.1.xml, man/vipw.8.xml, man/passwd.1.xml, man/groupmod.8.xml, man/login.1.xml, man/userdel.8.xml, man/grpck.8.xml: Added CONFIGURATION section. * man/generate_mans.mak: The generations of manpages depends on the variables from the Makefiles. Add the dependency on Makefile. * man/login.defs.5.xml: New login.defs variable documented. * man/Makefile.am: Added XML variable documentation to the distributed files.
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&USERDEL_CMD;
&USERGROUPS_ENAB;
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='files'>
<title>FILES</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/etc/group</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Group account information.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/etc/login.defs</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Shadow password suite configuration.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/etc/passwd</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>User account information.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/etc/shadow</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Secure user account information.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/etc/shadow-maint/userdel-pre.d/*</filename>, <filename>/etc/shadow-maint/userdel-post.d/*</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Run-part files to execute during user deletion. The environment variable <command>ACTION</command> will be populated with <command>userdel</command> and <command>SUBJECT</command> with the username. <filename>userdel-pre.d</filename> will be executed prior to any user deletion. <filename>userdel-post.d</filename> will execute after user deletion. If a script exits non-zero then execution will terminate.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry condition="subids">
<term><filename>/etc/subgid</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Per user subordinate group IDs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry condition="subids">
<term><filename>/etc/subuid</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Per user subordinate user IDs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='exit_values'>
<title>EXIT VALUES</title>
<para>
The <command>userdel</command> command exits with the following values:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>0</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>success</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>1</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>can't update password file</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>2</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>invalid command syntax</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>6</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>specified user doesn't exist</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>8</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>user currently logged in</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>10</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>can't update group file</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>12</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>can't remove home directory</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='caveats'>
<title>CAVEATS</title>
<para>
<command>userdel</command> will not allow you to remove an account if
there are running processes which belong to this account. In that
case, you may have to kill those processes or lock the user's
password or account and remove the account later. The
<option>-f</option> option can force the deletion of this account.
</para>
<para>
You should manually check all file systems to ensure that no files
remain owned by this user.
</para>
<para>You may not remove any NIS attributes on a NIS client. This must
be performed on the NIS server.
</para>
<para>If <option>USERGROUPS_ENAB</option> is defined to <emphasis
remap='I'>yes</emphasis> in <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>,
<command>userdel</command> will delete the group with the same name
as the user. To avoid inconsistencies in the passwd and group
databases, <command>userdel</command> will check that this group is
not used as a primary group for another user, and will just warn
without deleting the group otherwise. The <option>-f</option> option
can force the deletion of this group.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='see_also'>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>chfn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>chsh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>login.defs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>gpasswd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>groupadd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>groupdel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>groupmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<phrase condition="subids">
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>subgid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>subuid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
</phrase>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>useradd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>usermod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>