Deleting a user account

In the Account Manager, select a user name, then select Users Delete.

Removing a user account deletes the user's home directory and associated files. A warning message is given, saying that removing the user's home directory will delete all data. It does not remove files owned by the user which may exist elsewhere on the system. See ``Changing ownership of files with an obsolete UID/GID'' for information on deleting or changing ownership of user files.

See also:

• ``Removing selected account information''

• ``Reactivating a deactivated user account''

• userdel(1M) (for command-line interface)

Removing selected account information

When you remove a user's login with userdel(1M) (instead of the Account Manager) their identification number (UID) is recorded so the UID will not be reused for a period of time. The number of months the system will wait before reusing a UID can be specified with the -n option of userdel.

The default value can be changed with the defadm userdel command or with the System Defaults Manager.

1. Select the appropriate command to remove a user's login entry:

   • If you want to remove only the login entry, enter:
     
     userdel login_name

   • To remove the login entry and the home directory, use:
     
     userdel -r login_name

2. To remove any roles or privileged commands that were assigned to the login, execute:
   
   adminuser -d login_name

   This prevents possible security breaches. If the account had none, you see this message:

      UX:adminuser: ERROR: Undefined user "login_name"
   

3. You should also remove the user's file in /usr/spool/cron/crontabs.