How can I delete a user in linux when the system says its currently used in a process

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I am trying to delete a user I created on ubuntu   However when I use the following command   userdel -r cafe fixer   I get the following message   user cafe fixer is currently used by process 15945   I am not using this user for anything I just created it and now wish to delete it   Any help appreciated

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Only solution that worked for me    sudo killall -u username  amp  amp  sudo deluser --remove-home -f username   The killall command is used if multiple processes are used by the user you want to delete   The -f option forces the removal of the user account  even if the user is still logged in  It also forces deluser to remove the user s home directory and mail spool  even if another user uses the same home directory   Please confirm that it works in the comments

User · Answer

restart your computer and run  sudo deluser username    worked for me

User · Answer

It worked i used userdell --force USERNAME Some times eventhough -f and --force is same -f is not working sometimes After i removed the account i exit back to that removed username which i removed from root then what happened is this

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First use pkill or kill -9  lt pid gt  to kill the process   Then use following userdel command to delete user   userdel -f cafe fixer   According to userdel man page      -f  --force      This option forces the removal of the user account  even if the user   is still logged in  It also forces userdel to remove the user s home   directory and mail spool  even if another user uses the same home   directory or if the mail spool is not owned by the specified user  If   USERGROUPS ENAB is defined to yes in  etc login defs and if a group   exists with the same name as the deleted user  then this group will be   removed  even if it is still the primary group of another user    Edit 1   by  Ajedi32   Note  This option  i e  --force  is dangerous and may leave your system in an inconsistent state   Edit 2   by  socketpair   In spite of the description about some files  this key allows removing the user while it is in use  Don t forget to chdir   before  because this command will also remove home directory

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pkill   lt process id gt  userdel  lt username gt

[linux] How can I delete a user in linux when the system says its currently used in a process

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