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Reformulate slightly to match other man pages. Bump date.
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.\" $NetBSD: userdel.8,v 1.26 2005/02/05 15:28:46 wiz Exp $ */
.\"
.\" $NetBSD: userdel.8,v 1.27 2005/09/09 21:30:31 wiz Exp $ */
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved.
.\"
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.\" SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\"
.Dd January 14, 2004
.Dd September 9, 2005
.Dt USERDEL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.Fl D
.Op Fl p Ar preserve-value
.Nm
.Op Fl Sprv
.Op Fl prSv
.Ar user
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
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.Pp
Default values are taken from the information provided in the
.Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
file, which, if running as root, is created using the built-in defaults if
it does not exist.
file, which, if running as root, is created using the built-in
defaults if it does not exist.
.Pp
The first form of the command shown above (using the
.Fl D
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utility.
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl D
without any further options,
Without any further options,
.Fl D
will show the current defaults which will be used by the
.Nm
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.Fl D
will set the default to be the new value.
.It Fl p Ar preserve-value
sets the preservation value.
Set the preservation value.
If this value is one of
.Ql true ,
.Ql yes ,
or a non-zero number, then the user login information will be preserved.
or a non-zero number, then the user login information will be
preserved.
.El
.Pp
In the second form of the command,
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.Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf ,
the following command line options are processed:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl S
allows a samba user name (with a trailing dollar sign)
to be deleted.
.It Fl p
preserve the user information in the password file,
Preserve the user information in the password file,
but do not allow the user to login, by switching the
password to an
.Dq impossible
one, and by setting the
user's shell to the
one, and by setting the user's shell to the
.Xr nologin 8
program.
This option can be helpful in preserving a user's
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If the field has any of the values
.Ql true ,
.Ql yes ,
or a non-zero number, then user information preservation will take place.
or a non-zero number, then user information preservation will take
place.
.It Fl r
remove the user's home directory, any subdirectories,
Remove the user's home directory, any subdirectories,
and any files and other entries in them.
.It Fl S
Allow a samba user name (with a trailing dollar sign)
to be deleted.
.It Fl v
perform any actions in a verbose manner.
Perform any actions in a verbose manner.
.El
.Pp
Once the information has been verified,
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Until this update
is completed, the password file is unavailable for other updates
and the new information is not available to programs.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std userdel
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact
.It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf