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userdel(1M)		System Administration Commands		   userdel(1M)

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

SYNOPSIS
       userdel [-r] login

DESCRIPTION
       The  userdel  utility  deletes a user account from the system and makes
       the appropriate account-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 direc‐
		tory 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	Successful completion.

       2	Invalid command syntax. A usage message for the	 userdel  com‐
		mand is displayed.

       6	The account to be removed does not exist.

       8	The account to be removed is in use.

       10	Cannot	update	the  /etc/group or /etc/user_attr 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

       /etc/user_attr	       system	 file	containing   additional	  user
			       attributes

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcsu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       auths(1), passwd(1), profiles(1),  roles(1),  users(1B),	 groupadd(1M),
       groupdel(1M), groupmod(1M), logins(1M), roleadd(1M), rolemod(1M), user‐
       add(1M),	   userdel(1M),	   usermod(1M),	   passwd(4),	 prof_attr(4),
       user_attr(4), attributes(5)

NOTES
       The  userdel  utility only deletes an account definition that is in the
       local /etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow,  and	 /etc/user_attr	 file.
       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 5.10			  8 Sep 1999			   userdel(1M)

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