RMUSER(C) XENIX System V RMUSER(C)
Name
rmuser - Removes a user account from the system.
Syntax
/etc/rmuser
Description
rmuser removes users from the system. It begins by
prompting for a user name; after receiving a valid user name
as a response, it then deletes the named user's entry in the
password file, and removes the user's mailbox file, the
.profile file, and the entire home directory. It will also
remove the users group entry in /etc/group if the user was
the only remaining member of that group, and the group ID
was greater than 50.
Before removing a user ID from the system, make sure its
mailbox is empty and that all files belonging to that user
ID have been saved or deleted as required.
The rmuser program will refuse to remove a user ID or any of
its files if one or more of the following checks fails:
- The user name given is one of the ``system'' user names
such as root, sys, sysinfo, cron, or uucp. All user IDs
less than 200 are considered reserved for system use,
and cannot be removed using rmuser. Likewise, all
group IDs less than 50 are not removable using rmuser.
- The user's mailbox exists and is not empty.
- The user's home directory contains files other than
.profile .
rmuser can only be executed by the super-user.
Files
/etc/passwd
/usr/spool/mail/username
$HOME
See Also
mkuser(C), backup(C)
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