{"id":20711,"date":"2020-11-30T05:24:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T21:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=20711"},"modified":"2023-01-18T11:20:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T03:20:34","slug":"how-to-remove-delete-a-user-on-centos-7","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-remove-delete-a-user-on-centos-7","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: Remove (Delete) a User on CentOS 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20711\" class=\"elementor elementor-20711\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4404955 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4404955\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-874485f\" data-id=\"874485f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40985ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40985ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HOW TO: Remove (Delete) a User on CentOS 7\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfbd7a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfbd7a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You may find that sometimes you have a user account that is no longer needed and needs to be removed from your server. It may due to a completion of work done by the contractor that you have hired, or it is simply a test account that has served its purpose. Regardless of the circumstance, you can delete any users which you find unnecessary from your server. In this article, we will guide you on removing a user on CentOS 7.<\/p><p>Please <strong>follow these instructions<\/strong> that are intended specifically to delete\/ remove users on your CentOS 7.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ec766 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24ec766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CentOS7-logo.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26d0623 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26d0623\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"step_number\"><strong>Step<\/strong><strong> 1: Delete the User<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e6dc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30e6dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"step_number\">It\u2019s just one simple command to add a user. In this case, we\u2019re adding a user called <em>mynewuser<\/em>:<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b21222 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b21222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><code>userdel mynewuser<\/code><\/p><p>If you want to remove all of the files for the user, then use\u00a0<strong>-r<\/strong>:<\/p><p><code>userdel -r mynewuser<\/code><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fabece1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fabece1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"step_number\"><strong>Step 2: Remove Root Privileges to the User<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b3e122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b3e122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For a refresher on editing files with vim see:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/overview-of-the-vim-text-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Overview of the Vim Text Editor<\/a><\/p><p><code>visudo<\/code><\/p><p>Find the following code:<\/p><p>## Allow root to run any commands anywhere<br \/>root ALL=(ALL) ALL<br \/>mynewuser ALL=(ALL) ALL<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5080e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5080e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this case, we\u2019re removing root privileges from the user <em>mynewuser<\/em> . Remove the following:<\/p><p><code>mynewuser ALL=(ALL) ALL<\/code><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-541c965 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"541c965\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Then, exit and save the file with the command :<em>wq<\/em> .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58e24b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58e24b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are some articles on the topic CentOS which we think may be helpful for you. If you are interested, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-remove-delete-a-user-on-centos-7\"><em>here<\/em><\/a> to find out more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOW TO: Remove (Delete) a User on CentOS 7 You may find that sometimes you have a user account that is no longer needed and needs to be removed from your server. 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