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- '\" $Header: /sprite/src/admin/deleteuser/RCS/deleteuser.man,v 1.2 91/06/04 16:59:19 kupfer Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
- '/"
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS DELETEUSER admin
- .BS
- '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
- .SH NAME
- deleteuser \- Delete Sprite user accounts
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBdeleteuser\fR \fIname name ...\fR
- .SH OPTIONS
- .IP "\fIname\fR" 15
- the name of an account to be deleted.
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- .B Deleteuser
- takes a list of account names and removes them from the system.
- The user's account is removed from the password file and the user's
- home directory is flushed. In addition, an editor is invoked on the
- system aliases file, so that the user can be removed from any mailing
- lists she might belong to.
- .PP
- .B Deleteuser
- can also remove partially created or partially deleted accounts,
- though it squawks a bit.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- user, account
-