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[Kerry Hoath]

Actually under Debian it is userdel and it works like this:
userdel -r username
removes user and the homedirectory.
userdel username
leaves the home directory in tact.
adduser/useradd or deluser/userdel is one of those distribution specific things.
I second your opinion regarding documentation, too many
people post to speakup as a quick lazy fix rather than doing a little digging
first.

regards, Kerry.
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 04:40:47PM -0800, Monty Lilburn wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Igor Gueths wrote:
> 
> >Hi. How can I delete a user account? I have several user accounts on this box that are no longer used.
> > I tried adduser --remove user and that didn't work. Would anyone have  any  suggestions on this?
> 
> 
> Igor:
> 
> I have noticed that several of your posts to this list involve getting
> help for linux commands and linux command sintax.  You will find that the
> "man", "info" and "help" commands can be very useful in solving most of
> your command troubles.  Also entering your "help question" into a
> search-engine such as http://www.google.com will often yield success.
> 
> I am not trying to discourage you from asking questions on the list
> (afterall, the list is supposed to be a resource) but if you use a list as
> a last resort rather than a first resort, you'll not only get your answer
> faster but you'll also cut down the list traffic as well.
> 
> Regarding your question about deleting a user account...  The adduser man
> page lists "deluser(8)" in the "see also" section.
> 
> 
> You will be surprised at how much you can learn by reading...
> 
> Monty
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