adduser/rmuser.8

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  29 .Dd July 16, 1996
  30 .Dt RMUSER 8
  31 .Os
  32 .Sh NAME
  33 .Nm rmuser
  34 .Nd remove users from the system
  35 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  36 .Nm rmuser
  37 .Op Ar username
  38 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  39 The
  40 .Nm rmuser
  41 utility removes a user's
  42 .Xr crontab 1
  43 entry (if any) and any
  44 .Xr at 1
  45 jobs belonging to the user,
  46 then removes a user from the system's local password file, removes
  47 the user's home directory if it is owned by the user, and removes
  48 the user's incoming mail file if it exists.  The username is removed
  49 from any groups to which it belongs in the file
  50 .Pa /etc/group .
  51 If a group becomes empty and the group name is the same as the username,
  52 the group is removed (this complements
  53 .Xr adduser 8 's
  54 per-user unique groups).
  55 .Pp
  56 .Nm rmuser
  57 politely refuses to remove users whose uid is 0 (typically root), since
  58 it seemed like a good idea at the time
  59 .Nm rmuser
  60 was written.
  61 .Pp
  62 .Nm rmuser
  63 shows the selected user's password file entry and asks for confirmation
  64 that you wish to remove the user.  If the user's home directory is owned
  65 by the user (and not by any other user),
  66 .Nm rmuser
  67 asks whether you wish to remove the user's home directory and everything
  68 below.
  69 .Pp
  70 Available options:
  71 .Pp
  72 .Bl -tag -width username
  73 .It Ar \&username
  74 Identifies the user to be removed; if not present,
  75 .Nm rmuser
  76 interactively asks for the user to be removed.
  77 .Sh FILES
  78 .Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact
  79 .It Pa /etc/master.passwd
  80 .It Pa /etc/passwd
  81 .It Pa /etc/group
  82 .It Pa /etc/spwd.db
  83 .It Pa /etc/pwd.db
  84 .El
  85 .Sh SEE ALSO
  86 .Xr at 1 ,
  87 .Xr chpass 1 ,
  88 .Xr crontab 1 ,
  89 .Xr finger 1 ,
  90 .Xr passwd 1 ,
  91 .Xr group 5 ,
  92 .Xr passwd 5 ,
  93 .Xr addgroup 8 ,
  94 .Xr adduser 8 ,
  95 .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
  96 .Xr rmgroup 8 ,
  97 .Xr vipw 8
  98 .Sh HISTORY
  99 The
 100 .Nm
 101 command appeared in
 102 .Fx 2.1.5 .
 103 .\" .Sh AUTHOR
 104 .\" Guy Helmer, Madison, South Dakota