diff --git a/etc/shadow-maint/userdel-pre.d/01-kill_user_procs.sh b/etc/shadow-maint/userdel-pre.d/01-kill_user_procs.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
+
+# Check user exists, and if so, send sigkill to processes that the user owns
+
+RUNNING=`ps -eo user | grep -Fx "$SUBJECT" | wc -l`
+
+# if the user does not exist, RUNNING will be 0
+
+if [ "${RUNNING}x" = "0x" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+ls -1 /proc | while IFS= read -r PROC; do
+  echo "$PROC" | grep -E '^[0-9]+$' >/dev/null
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    continue
+  fi
+  if [ -d "/proc/${PROC}" ]; then
+    USR=`stat -c "%U" /proc/${PROC}`
+    if [ "${USR}" = "${SUBJECT}" ]; then
+      echo "Killing ${SUBJECT} owned ${PROC}"
+      kill -9 "${PROC}"
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+