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.TH "ipa-deluser" "1" "Oct 10 2007" "freeipa" ""
.SH "NAME"
ipa\-deluser \- Delete or inactivate a user

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
ipa\-deluser [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIuser\fR

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Inactivates a user with login name \fIname\fR.

By default users are not completely removed. They are marked as inactive. Use the [\-d|\-\-delete] option to completely remove them.

Users are automatically removed from groups when they are deleted. The are not when inactivated.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP 
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-delete
Completely remove the user from the database. The default is to mark the user inactive.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.