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userdel(8)
NAME
  userdel - Deletes a user login account from the system.

SYNOPSIS
  SVE:

  /usr/sbin/userdel [-r] login

  POSIX:

  /usr/sbin/userdel [-D] [-r] [-R] [-ttype] [-P] [-x extended_option] login

OPTIONS
  -D	  When enhanced security mode is enabled this option deletes the user
	  account from /etc/passwd file and the enhanced security protected
	  password database.

  -r	  Removes a user's home directory from the system. This directory
	  must exist and must be owned by the user whose login account is
	  being deleted.

  -R	  When enhanced security is enabled, retires the account without
	  deleting entries from the databases or removing home directories.

  -t type Removes a local plus (+) or local minus (-) NIS user from the user
	  database. The value of the type parameter can be + or -.

  -P	  Removes PC accounts only, without deleting the user's existing UNIX
	  account.

  -x extended_option [extended_option]...
	  Extended_options are of the form attribute=value. You may enter any
	  number of extended options (within the character limit of the
	  command line) by separating each option with a space.
	  Alternatively, they may be entered separately following the -x
	  switch. Note that some extended options are only available under
	  specific system environments.

	  The following sets ofextended_option attributes are available:

	  local=0|1
		  The value 1 indicates that the account to be deleted is
		  local. The value 0 indicates that the account is to be
		  deleted from the NIS database.

	  distributed=0|1
		  The value 1 indicates that the account to be deleted is a
		  NIS user account. You must be on the NIS master to delete a
		  NIS user.

	  The following extended_option attribute is available for PC group
	  administration if the Advanced Server for UNIX (ASU) is configured
	  and running:

	  pc_synchronize=0|1
		  The value of the pc_synchronize=n attribute can be 0 or 1.
		  If set to 1, both PC and UNIX accounts will be affected by
		  delete operations. If set to 0, only UNIX accounts will be
		  affected by delete operations and the PC account will be
		  unaffected.

  login	  Specifies an existing login account on the system.

DESCRIPTION
  The userdel command is part of a set of command line interfaces (CLI) that
  are used to create and administer user accounts on the system. When The
  Advanced Server for UNIX (ASU) is installed and running, the userdel
  command can also be used to administer PC accounts. Accounts can also be
  administered with the /usr/bin/X11/dxaccounts graphical user interface
  (GUI) or the sysman(8) Accounts menu.

  Different options are available depending on how the local system is
  configured:

    ·  In the default UNIX environment, user account management is compliant
       with the IEEE POSIX Standard P1387.3.

    ·  If enhanced (C2) security is configured, additional options and
       extended options can be used.

    ·  The CLI is backwards-compatible, so all existing local scripts will
       function. However, you should consider testing your account management
       scripts before using them.

  The userdel command deletes a user's login account from the system and
  makes the login-related changes in the appropriate system files determined
  by the current level of security. Additionally, the files and directories
  contained under the user's home directory can be removed from the system.

  The -x options local and distributed let the system administrator specify
  whether the user to be deleted is local or distributed by NIS. If these
  options are not specified on the command line, the system deletes the user
  from the appropriate database as specified by the system defaults. System
  defaults for users may be set with the usermod -D option. In the absence of
  any defaults, userdel deletes a local user. Certain combinations of these
  settings are incompatible and produce an error: it is invalid to set both
  values to 0 or both of them to 1.

RESTRICTIONS
  Note the following restriction that applies to this release:

  You must have superuser privilege to execute this command.

EXIT STATUS
  The userdel command exits with one of the following values:

  0	  Success.

  1	  Failure.

  2	  Warning.

EXAMPLES
   1.  The following example removes the local plus (+) user, newuser1:
	    % userdel -t + newuser1

   2.  The following example removes the NIS user, newuser4, from the NIS
       master database:
	    % userdel -x distributed=1 newuser4

   3.  The following example deletes the user, xyz, and removes the user's
       home directory:
	    % userdel -r xyz

   4.  The following example deletes the UNIX account for studentB, removing
       the home directory and its corresponding PC account.
	    % userdel -r -x  pc_synchronize=1 studentB

FILES
  The userdel command operates on files for the specific level of system
  security.

SEE ALSO
  Commands:  groupadd(8), groupdel(8), groupmod(8), useradd(8), usermod(8),
  passwd(1)

  Manuals: System Administration, Security, Advanced Server for UNIX
  Installation and Administration

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