I added user through command
adduser satya
I deleted the same user by
userdel satya
WhenI tried adding again
useradd satya
getting the following error:
Creating mailbox file: File exists
Creating mailbox file: File exists
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2 Answers
Used userdel -r satya
for deleting the user, it deleted the mail box too.
Now useradd satya created the user.
sudo userdel username - removes a user username leaving intact its files, namely the /home/username directory and a mailbox file. This is useful when you want to temporarily deactivate a particular user.
sudo userdel -r username - removes a user username and recursively wipes out everything associated with this user.
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