Removing AIX and LDAP user accounts from a cluster

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Using the AIX® operating system, you can remove a user account by using the rmuser command or the fastpath smit cl_rmuser.

About this task

Note: The LDAP function is only available for PowerHA® SystemMirror® 7.1.1, or later.

You can also remove a user account from cluster nodes from C-SPOC, as described in the following procedure. This procedure runs the AIX rmuser command on all cluster nodes.

Note: The system removes the user account but does not remove the home directory or any files owned by the user. These files are accessible only to users with root permissions or by the group in which the user was a member.

To remove an LDAP user account or an AIX user account from all cluster nodes by using the C-SPOC utility, complete the following steps.

Procedure

From the command line, enter smit cl_admin.
In SMIT, select Security and Users > User in a PowerHA SystemMirror cluster > Remove a User from the Cluster, and press Enter.
In the Select an Authentication and registry mode window, select the mode and press Enter.

Complete the following fields, and press Enter.

Table 1. Authentication and registry mode fields
Field	Value
User Name	Enter the user name for the account you want to remove. The user name can be up to 8 characters in length. Press F4 to display a list of LDAP users that you can remove.
Remove Authentication information?	Specify Yes to delete the password and other authentication information from system security files. For an LDAP user account, the directory structure for the selected user account is removed.