DELUSER.CONF(5) File Formats Manual DELUSER.CONF(5)
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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