/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 option takes the form
option = value.
Double or single quotes are allowed around the value. Comment lines
must have a pound sign (#) at the beginning of the line.
Removes the home directory and mail spool of the user to be removed.
Value may be 0 (don't delete) or 1 (do delete).
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.
BACKUP
If
REMOVE_HOME
or
REMOVE_ALL_FILES
is activated all files are backuped 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.
BACKUP_TO
If
BACKUP
is activated,
BACKUP_TO
specifies the directory the backup is written to. Default is the
current directory.
NO_DEL_PATHS
A list of regular expressions, space separated. All files to be
deleted in course of deleting home directories or deleting files owned
by the user to be deleted 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.
ONLY_IF_EMPTY
Only delete a group if there are no user who belong to this group. Defaults to 0.
EXCLUDE_FSTYPES
A regular expression which describes all file systems which should be excluded when looking for files of a user to be deleted. Defaults to "(proc|sysfs|usbfs|devpts|tmpfs)".
