DELUSER.CONF
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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
adduser.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 created defaults to username.tar(.gz|.bz2)
in the directory specified 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.
Defaults 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 expressions.
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 removed.
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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