Removing selected account information

When you remove a user's login with userdel(1M) (instead of the Account Manager) their identification number (UID) is recorded so the UID will not be reused for a period of time. The number of months the system will wait before reusing a UID can be specified with the -n option of userdel.

The default value can be changed with the defadm userdel command or with the System Defaults Manager.

1. Select the appropriate command to remove a user's login entry:

   • If you want to remove only the login entry, enter:
     
     userdel login_name

   • To remove the login entry and the home directory, use:
     
     userdel -r login_name

2. To remove any roles or privileged commands that were assigned to the login, execute:
   
   adminuser -d login_name

   This prevents possible security breaches. If the account had none, you see this message:

      UX:adminuser: ERROR: Undefined user "login_name"
   

3. You should also remove the user's file in /usr/spool/cron/crontabs.