deluser.conf

DELUSER.CONF(5) File Formats Manual DELUSER.CONF(5)

NAME

   /etc/deluser.conf - configuration file for deluser(8) and delgroup(8).

DESCRIPTION

   The file /etc/deluser.conf contains defaults for the programs deluser(8) and delgroup(8).  Each line holds a single value pair in the form option = value.  Double or single quotes are
   allowed around the value, as is whitespace around the equals sign.  Comment lines must have a hash sign (#) in the first column.

   deluser(8) and delgroup(8) also read /etc/adduser.conf, see adduser.conf(5); settings in deluser.conf may overwrite settings made in adduser.conf.

   The valid configuration options are:

   BACKUP If REMOVE_HOME or REMOVE_ALL_FILES is activated, all files are backed up before they are removed.  The backup file that is created defaults to username.tar(.gz|.bz2) in the di
          rectory specified by the BACKUP_TO option.  The compression method is chosen to the best that is available.  Values may be 0 or 1. Defaults to 0.

   BACKUP_SUFFIX
          Select compression algorithm for a home directory backup.  Can be set to any suffix recognized by tar --auto-compress.  Defaults to .gz.

   BACKUP_TO
          If BACKUP is activated, BACKUP_TO specifies the directory the backup is written to.  Defaults to the current directory.

   EXCLUDE_FSTYPES
          A  regular  expression which describes all filesystem types which should be excluded when looking for files of a user to be deleted. Defaults to "(proc|sysfs|usbfs|devtmpfs|de‐
          vpts|afs)".

   NO_DEL_PATHS
          A list of regular expressions, space separated.  All files to be deleted in course of deleting the home directory or user-owned files elsewhere  are  checked  against  each  of
          these  regular  expressions.   If a match is detected, the file is not deleted.  Defaults to a list of system directories, leaving only /home.  Therefore only files below /home
          belonging to that specific user are going to be deleted.

   ONLY_IF_EMPTY
          Only delete a group if there are no users belonging to this group.  Defaults to 0.

   REMOVE_ALL_FILES
          Removes all files on the system owned by the user to be removed.  If this option is activated REMOVE_HOME has no effect.  Values may be 0 or 1. Defaults to 0.

   REMOVE_HOME
          Removes the home directory and mail spool of the user to be removed.  Value may be 0 (don't delete) or 1 (do delete). Defaults to 0.

FILES

   /etc/deluser.conf

SEE ALSO

   adduser.conf(5), delgroup(8), deluser(8)

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