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 option
       takes the form option = value.  Double or single quotes are allowed around the value.  Comment lines must
       have a hash sign (#) at the beginning of the line.

       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:

       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).

       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.

              In  other words: By default 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.

       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|afs)".

FILES

       /etc/deluser.conf

SEE ALSO

       adduser.conf(5), delgroup(8), deluser(8)