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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 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|de‐
              vtmpfs|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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