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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] [-t type] [-P] [-x extended_option] login


OPTIONS

  -D	  This option is used under enhanced security to delete the user
	  account from /etc/passwd file and the enhanced security protected
	  passwd DB.

  -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
	  The following extended_option attributes are available:

	  distributed=0|1
		  Indicates whether the account is distributed. The value of
		  the distributed=n attribute can be 0 or 1. If set to 0, the
		  account is deleted from the local database. If set to 1,
		  the account is deleted from the NIS master database on the
		  running system. When this attribute is set, the local
		  attribute is set to the opposite value.

	  local=0|1
		  Indicates whether or not the account is local. The value of
		  the local=n attribute can be 0 or 1. If set to 1, the
		  account is deleted from the local database. If set to 0,
		  the account information is deleted from the NIS master
		  database. When this attribute is set, the distributed
		  attribute is set to the opposite value.

	  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 (ASDU) 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), although the extended options are only available from the CLI
  utilities such as useradd and usermod.

  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 Draft P13873.3 standard.

    ·  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.

  With the -x option, the system administrator can specify whether the user
  login account to be deleted is local or whether it resides in the NIS
  master database. If the -x option is not specified, the user login account
  is deleted from the appropriate database as specified by the system
  defaults.

  The default behavior on the system for the userdel command is distributed=0
  and local=1. With these values, the system deletes the group from the local
  database by default. Setting the distributed= and local= attributes to the
  same value (for example, distributed=0 and local=0) produces an error.


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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