COMMAND for deleting all usera at once

[raji10k]

Hi Frndz

Is there any command to delete all the users at once.
Iam using

#userdel -r 'username'

and it works kool, but i want to delete all the user at once.
Plz help me out of this

Thanks in Advance

[rasalp]

why cant it can be done through scripting...

list and for loop can do that

thanks
Rasal

[raji10k]

HI rasalp

Its a nice idea but i dont no this scripting and am just new to linux
Can u just help me to do this.

Thanks in Advance

[Rubberman]

Rather than giving you the loaded gun, helping put it to your head, and then assisting you to pull the trigger, why don't you tell us why you need to be able to do this?

[raji10k]

Hi Rubberman

I am not able to get u.

MY PROB IS I HAVE CREATED 15 USERS IN MY REDHAT-4 AND I WANT TO DELETE ALL THE USERS AT ONCE

If can just help me

Thanks in Advance

[Rubberman]

The Linux OS creates a number of special user accounts automatically. You do not want to delete those. Assuming you are using normal security on your system, then the fastest/easiest way is as root to edit the files /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, removing the entries for the users you want to delete. Then go to /home and remove their directories and data with the command "rm -rf username".

[je44ery]

This solution does not stop you from having to type out the names of all 15 users, but it still prevents you from having to type "userdel" 15 times.

for nnn in user1 user2 user3 user4; do
   userdel -r $nnn
done

[rasalp]

Run this script under /home
will delete the users created.

ch=`ls`
ch1="lost+found"
for i in $ch
do
if [ $i = $ch1 ]
then
echo "Could Not Be Deleted"
else
userdel -r $i
echo $i " is deleted"
fi
done