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Commands Reference, Volume 4

nisrmuser Command

Purpose

Removes a NIS+ user account.

Syntax

nisrmuser Name

Description

The nisrmuser command removes the NIS+ user account identified by the Name parameter. This command removes a user's attributes without removing the user's home directory and files. The user name must already exist as a string of 8 bytes or less.

Only the root user can remove administrative users. Administrative users are those users with admin=true set in the /etc/security/user file.

You can use the Web-based System Manager Users application or System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) to execute this command within the NIS+ administration  section.

Security

Access Control: This command should grant execute (x) access only to the root user and members of the security group. This command should be installed as a program in the trusted computing base (TCB). The command should be owned by the root user with the setuid (SUID) bit set.

Auditing Events: ;

Event Information
USER_Remove user

Examples

  1. To remove the user davis account and its attributes from the local system, enter:

    nisrmuser davis

Files

/usr/sbin/nisrmuser Contains the nisrmuser command.

Related Information

The chfn command, chgrpmem command, chsh command, chgroup command, chuser command, lsgroup command, lsuser command, mkgroup command, mkuser command, passwd command, pwdadm command, rmgroup command, setgroups command, setsenv command.

For more information about the identification and authentication of users, discretionary access control, the trusted computing base, and auditing, refer to Standalone System Security in the AIX 5L Version 5.2 Security Guide.

For more information about administrative roles, refer to Users, Groups, and Passwords in theAIX 5L Version 5.2 Security Guide.

For information on installing the Web-based System Manager, see Chapter 2: Installation and System Requirements in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Web-based System Manager Administration Guide.

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