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Mr. Alex 08-07-2010 10:03 AM
What's the real difference between "userdel" and "deluser"?
 
Tried to search Google but no clear information...

r3sistance 08-07-2010 10:07 AM
I am not able to find a command called deluser within centOS, if it's in Ubuntu it's probably just a soft link to userdel like adduser is usually a soft link to useradd. Maybe try doing "ls -l /usr/sbin/deluser" ?

If you see "/usr/sbin/deluser -> userdel" then you can fairly sure it's just a link.

druuna 08-07-2010 10:17 AM
Hi,

deluser (and adduser) are front-ends to the userdel (and useradd) commands.

Some distro's have these in place next to the "real" userdel command. They (deluser/adduser) are supposed to be more user friendly.

Hope this helps.

Found this: adduser, addgroup, deluser and delgroup

Mr. Alex 08-07-2010 10:26 AM
Code:
$ ls -l /usr/sbin/deluser
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16490 2010-01-27 13:26 /usr/sbin/deluser

$ ls -l /usr/sbin/userdel
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 51828 2010-01-26 20:09 /usr/sbin/userdel
About adduser and useradd: useradd is a command; adduser is a Perl script.

AlucardZero 08-07-2010 10:28 AM
man adduser

Code:
DESCRIPTION
      adduser  and addgroup add users and groups to the system according to command line options
      and configuration information in /etc/adduser.conf.  They are friendlier front ends to the
      low  level  tools  like useradd, groupadd and usermod programs, by default choosing Debian
      policy conformant UID and GID values, creating a home directory with  skeletal  configura‐
      tion, running a custom script, and other features.


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