| 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. |
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)