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  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.

       BACKUP_TO
              If  BACKUP  is activated, 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  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.   Default  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.

       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|devtmpfs|devpts|afs)".

FILES

       /etc/deluser.conf

SEE ALSO

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