How to Delete or Lock a User in AlmaLinux - YouTube Script

Introduction (30 seconds)

Hello everyone. Welcome to my channel! Today, I will show you how to delete or lock a user in AlmaLinux.

What We’ll Cover (20 seconds)

In this video, we’ll look at:

• locking and unlocking user with the passwd command
• deleting a user with the userdel command

Let’s get started!

Prerequisites (15 seconds)

For this tutorial, you’ll need:

• A running AlmaLinux system (I’m using AlmaLinux 9)
• Access to a terminal
• sudo privileges to delete and lock users

Locking and Unlocking a User (1 minute)

We have two existing users: “john” and “mary”. Let’s check if they exist.

id john
id mary

Locking a User

• To lock a user account, you can use the passwd command with the -l option:

sudo passwd -l john
su - john

Unlocking a User

• To unlock a user account, you can use the passwd command with the -u option:

sudo passwd -u john
su - john

Basic User Deletion (1 minute)

Deleting a User without deleting Home Directory (1 minute)

• You can delete users with the userdel command:

sudo userdel john

• To check if the user has been deleted, you can use the id command:

id john
ls /home

As you can see, the user “john” has been deleted but the home directory still exists.

Deleting a User with Home Directory (1 minute)

• You can delete a user and their home directory with the userdel -r option:

sudo userdel -r mary
ls /home

Conclusion (30 seconds)

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Thanks for watching, and happy Linux administrating!

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