3.2 Shell Script - Quickly deleting a group of users

On occassion, it is necessary to remove user accounts. You can do this using server admin tools,but for speed, nothing beats a script.

The script described below deletes the user account of every user who is a member of a specified group. It then deletes the group itself. Use it with care!

Copy the rmusergroup.sh scripts into roots' home directory (/private/var/root/Documents)

Change directory to roots' home directory, type:

cd ~/Documents

Make sure that the execute flag is set on the script "rmusergroup.sh" by typing:

chmod u+x rmusergroup.sh

Execute the "rmusergroup.sh" script as follows:

~/Documents/rmusergroup.sh group_name

The script will delete the user account of every user who is a member of the specified group. It then deletes the group itself.

USE WITH CARE!

If you don't specify a group on the command line - as follows:

~/Documents/rmusergroup.sh

The script will assume that you want to delete EVERY non-system user and group!