Deletes a user from the operating system of the node.
clusterctl node user delete -u <username> [--force]
For example:
$ clusterctl node user delete -u john
User john deleted
Specifically:
- You can only delete users created with the clusterctl node user create command.
- You can execute this command before Installing CSP.
- You must repeat the command on all the installation nodes.
- Removed users can still run commands that do not require
sudo
if they have an ongoing session. However, once logged out, they are no longer authorized to re-login.
See below for a description of each parameter.
-u, --username <username>
Delete the operating system user with the <username>
name.
Exceptions: The command throws an error when:
<username>
corresponds to a user that cannot be deleted, like:- The
sysadmin
root user. - A system user created by the operating system to run services and daemons.
- The
- No user with the
<username>
name exists in the node.
Mandatory: Yes.
--force
Remove the user even if it has processes running (the processes continue until completion).
Exceptions: The command throws an exception when this flag is omitted and the user has running processes.
Mandatory: No.