userdel : Creating and Managing User Accounts

userdel : Creating and Managing User Accounts 

Creating and Managing User Accounts 


userdel 

From time to time, you will also need to remove a user account from your Linux system.
This can be done from the shell prompt using the userdel utility. To delete a user, simply
enter


userdel username 


For example, if we wanted to delete the lmorgan account we created earlier, we would enter


userdel lmorgan 


at the shell prompt.

It’s important to note that, by default, userdel will not remove the user’s home directory from
the file system. If you do want to remove the home directory when you delete the user, you need
to use the –r option in the command line. For example, entering


userdel –r lmorgan 


will remove the account and delete her home directory.




LX0-104 Exam Objectives (K)