.TH rmuser UW "22 May 1986" .UC 4 .SH NAME rmuser \- procedure for removing users .SH SYNOPSIS rmuser [-c class] [-f filename] [-h] user [user...] .B rmuser .br .SH DESCRIPTION .I rmuser allows a user or group of users to be removed from a machine. Only the super-user may run this program. In the normal case, the user(s) will be removed from /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/user (if the machine is an instructional machine). Unless specified, a user's home directory will be removed. The user's /usr/spool/mail file will also be removed. .PP Users with user-id <= 7 cannot be removed using rmuser. This is to reprevent accidental removal of important accounts. .PP Following are examples of how to use rmuser: .IP rmuser joe sally john .PP This will remove "joe","sally" and "john" from the machine. If the account does not exist, an error message will be printed. .IP rmuser -h joe .PP This will remove joe from /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/user, but will keep his home directory. The directory will be owned by the super-user. .IP rmuser -f filename .PP This will remove the users contained in the file "filename". The format of the file must be a list of user names, one per line. .IP rmuser -c class .PP This is for use on instructional machines only. It will remove all users that are in a specific class. Not yet implemented. .SH FILES .PD 0 .TP 25 /etc/user login, student id number, and courses on an instructional machine .TP 25 .br /etc/passwd .PD .SH SEE ALSO passwd(1), finger(1), chsh(1), chfn(1), passwd(5), vipw(8) the password file.