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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  ad-
       duser.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 cre-
              ated  defaults to username.tar(.gz|.bz2) in the directory speci-
              fied 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.  De-
              faults 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|devpts|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 ex-
              pressions.  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  re-
              moved.  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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