Removing User Accounts

Removing unneeded user accounts is just as important as adding new ones. Use rmuser(8) to delete accounts.

# rmuser pkdick
Matching password entry:
pkdick:*:1001:1001::0:0:phil dick:/home/pkdick:/bin/ksh
Is this the entry you wish to remove? y
Remove user's home directory (/home/pkdick)? y
Updating password file, updating databases, done.
Updating group file: Removing group pkdick -- personal group is empty
 done.
Removing user's home directory (/home/pkdick): done.

The rmuser command displays the account entry from /etc/passwd, giving you a chance to verify that you really want to delete this particular user. Read the account’s real name, and verify that you’re deleting the correct account. Next, rmuser asks if you want to delete the user’s home directory. If you suspect that you might need some files from that user account, you could choose to keep the directory around for a while. It automatically deletes the user’s cron jobs and incoming mail file.