deluser doesn't work

kyro_02 · 07-02-2005, 09:52 PM

Ello,

I am using ssh - "deluser -r username" OR "deluser [-r] username" doesn't work.

I am using ssh, can anyone tell me what the command is for ssh to delete a user account & their folder.

Thanks.

jrdioko · 07-02-2005, 10:06 PM

I believe the command is "userdel"

Matir · 07-02-2005, 10:07 PM

userdel -r username

kyro_02 · 07-02-2005, 10:07 PM

That didn't work :/

jrdioko · 07-02-2005, 10:08 PM

Are you logged on as root?

kyro_02 · 07-02-2005, 10:10 PM

bash: userdel: command not found

edit: I am logged in as root
[root@mydomain home]

jrdioko · 07-02-2005, 10:20 PM

Hmm I'm not too sure then. Do you know what the system you're sshing into is running? What's the output of "whoami", "whereis userdel", and "uname -a"? I'm just grasping at things at this point though, maybe someone else knows what's happening.

Matir · 07-02-2005, 10:21 PM

Did you su? if so, you need to be using 'su -' to have it get root's environment variables. On my system, userdel is /usr/sbin/userdel which is only in root's path. In any case, you could use the absolute pathname to execute it.

Ynot Irucrem · 07-02-2005, 10:22 PM

do you have the root's environment i.e. using "su -" instead of "su".

kyro_02 · 07-02-2005, 10:26 PM

Thanks guys

Yeah I wasn't properly in the root user

I got another problem though :P

I have two ssh connections open, one in root and on in another one, lets name him "stooge"

I goto the "home" dir. as stooge and do a "ls" and it has stooge userfolder there, and it has another one, lets call him "stud" - I delete him via root user, but he is still there (I try to cd stud - but says permission denied) - how do I get rid of the user & folder of stud (I can't ftp into stud though, and I can't cd stud - either)

Thanks.

Matir · 07-02-2005, 10:28 PM

userdel should've removed stud and the directory.

kyro_02 · 07-02-2005, 10:32 PM

I forgot to add, I accidently typed in "userdel stud" instead of "userdel -r stud"

What do I need to do to get the folder stud away?

edit:

[root@mydomain root]# userdel -r stud
userdel: warning: /var/spool/mail/stud not owned by stud, not removing
userdel: /home/stud not owned by stud, not removing
[root@mydomain root]# userdel stud
userdel: user stud does not exist

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But the folder is there, but not accessible :/?

Ynot Irucrem · 07-02-2005, 10:39 PM

so just go "rm -r /home/stud" (as root)

edit: if it asks for confirmation on every file, you might want to do "rm -rf /home/stud"