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Linux / Unix main page About userdel Enables a super user to remove a users account. Syntax userdel [-r] login
| -r | Files in the user's home directory will be removed along with the home directory itself and the user's mail spool. Files located in other file systems will have to be searched for and deleted manually. |
EXIT VALUES 0 - success
1 - can't update password file
2 - bad command syntax
6 - specified user doesn't exist
8 - user currently logged in
10 - can't update group file
12 - can't remove home directory Examples Note: For these commands to work you must have super user rights or be logged in as root. userdel -r newperson In the above example the userdel command would remove the newperson account and also the newpersons home directory directory, in this case (/home/newperson). Related commands useradd
usermod | 
