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|devtmpfs|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)