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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > SUBMERGED IN THE 6o4 AREA CODE > > A proud user of the LINUX Operating System! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au
