lec6vid8DeleteUser

#!/bin/bash

#chage - change user password expiry information
#-E, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE
#           Set the date or number of days since January 1, 1970 on which the user's
#           account will no longer be accessible. The date may also be expressed in
#           the format YYYY-MM-DD (or the format more commonly used in your area). A
#           user whose account is locked must contact the system administrator
#           before being able to use the system again.
#sudo passwd -l devfedora - locking password for user devfedora 
#sudo passwd -u devfedora - unlocking password for user devfedora  

#      SCRIPT TO DELETE A USER   

# Run as root
if [ $UID -ne 0 ]
then 
   echo 'please run it as root' >&2
   exit 1
fi

# first argument is the name of the user
USER="${1}"

# Delete the user
userdel $USER

# Mke sure the user got actuallly deleted 
if [ "${?}" -ne 0 ]
then
  echo "User ${USER} Can not be deleted " >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Tell the user account was deleted 
echo "The account ${USER} was deleted"  

exit 0