deluser
Delete a user from the system. Note: all commands must be executed as root. More information: https://manpages.debian.org/latest/adduser/deluser.html.
- Remove a user:
deluser {{username}}
- Remove a user and their home directory:
deluser --remove-home {{username}}
- Remove a user and their home, but backup their files into a
.tar.gz
file in the specified directory:deluser --backup-to {{path/to/backup_directory}} --remove-home {{username}}
- Remove a user, and all files owned by them:
deluser --remove-all-files {{username}}
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