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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "DELUSER.CONF",
    "section": "5",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DELUSER.CONF/5/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-22T09:39:11Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "/etc/deluser.conf - configuration file for deluser(8) and delgroup(8).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The  file  /etc/deluser.conf  contains  defaults for the programs deluser(8) and delgroup(8).\nEach line holds a single value pair in the form option = value.  Double or single quotes  are\nallowed around the value, as is whitespace around the equals sign.  Comment lines must have a\nhash sign (#) in the first column.\n\ndeluser(8)  and  delgroup(8)  also  read  /etc/adduser.conf, see adduser.conf(5); settings in\ndeluser.conf may overwrite settings made in adduser.conf.\n\nThe valid configuration options are:\n\nBACKUP If REMOVEHOME or REMOVEALLFILES is activated, all files are backed up  before  they\nare  removed.   The  backup file that is created defaults to username.tar(.gz|.bz2) in\nthe directory specified by the BACKUPTO option.  The compression method is chosen  to\nthe best that is available.  Values may be 0 or 1. Defaults to 0.\n\nBACKUPSUFFIX\nSelect  compression  algorithm  for a home directory backup.  Can be set to any suffix\nrecognized by tar --auto-compress.  Defaults to .gz.\n\nBACKUPTO\nIf BACKUP is activated, BACKUPTO specifies the directory the backup  is  written  to.\nDefaults to the current directory.\n\nEXCLUDEFSTYPES\nA  regular  expression  which  describes all filesystem types which should be excluded\nwhen looking for files of a user to be  deleted.  Defaults  to  \"(proc|sysfs|usbfs|de‐\nvtmpfs|devpts|afs)\".\n\nNODELPATHS\nA  list of regular expressions, space separated.  All files to be deleted in course of\ndeleting the home directory or user-owned files elsewhere are checked against each  of\nthese regular expressions.  If a match is detected, the file is not deleted.  Defaults\nto a list of system directories, leaving only /home.  Therefore only files below /home\nbelonging to that specific user are going to be deleted.\n\nONLYIFEMPTY\nOnly delete a group if there are no users belonging to this group.  Defaults to 0.\n\nREMOVEALLFILES\nRemoves  all  files  on the system owned by the user to be removed.  If this option is\nactivated REMOVEHOME has no effect.  Values may be 0 or 1. Defaults to 0.\n\nREMOVEHOME\nRemoves the home directory and mail spool of the user to be removed.  Value may  be  0\n(don't delete) or 1 (do delete). Defaults to 0.\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "/etc/deluser.conf\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "adduser.conf(5), delgroup(8), deluser(8)\n\nDebian GNU/Linux                                                                     DELUSER.CONF(5)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "/etc/deluser.conf - configuration file for deluser(8) and delgroup(8).",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "adduser.conf",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/adduser.conf/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "delgroup",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/delgroup/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "deluser",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/deluser/8/json"
        }
    ]
}