HOWTO: Delete a User from a GNU/Linux System?
Ho to delete a user from a GNU/Linux system.
To delete user Paul, open up a terminal window. Become root and type:
userdel paul
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Ho to delete a user from a GNU/Linux system.
To delete user Paul, open up a terminal window. Become root and type:
userdel paul
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1 opinion for HOWTO: Delete a User from a GNU/Linux System?
im_an_alien
Jun 11, 2008 at 8:11 am
You can use -r to also delete their home directory.
userdel -r paul
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