Is there an option to NOT archive home dir when using deleteAccount verb?

[donmontalvo]

So we have to clean up some legacy hidden home directories. The deleteAccount verb works fine, but it archives the home directories for these hidden accounts /Users/Deleted Users which we don't want.

sudo jamf deleteAccount -username jdoe

I know some of the jamf binary functions/options are hidden (geez, really wish JAMF would docment the whole enchalada), so I'm hoping there is a way to run this command WITHOUT archiving the deleted user's home directory.

Happy holidays!

Don

[golbiga · Accepted solution]

sudo jamf deleteAccount -username jdoe -deleteHomeDirectory should do the trick.

Allen

[donmontalvo]

Thanks Allen! I wonder if there is a hidden list somewhere of all these options?

[golbiga]

No problem! jamf help deleteAccount gave me all the options.

[nigelg]

Trying this command today and its not actually deleting the directories.

Using 9.73

bash-3.2# jamf deleteAccount -username nc269 -deleteHomeDirectory
Deleting user nc269...
Deleting home directory for nc269...

But the directory is still there

bash-3.2# ls /Users/ | grep nc269
nc269

I have checked and all the files are still inside the directory.

[bpavlov]

@nigelg What OS are you running that command in?

[nigelg]

@bpavlov I am running it in Mavericks 10.9.5