---
name: "nessus-rmuser"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "nessusd"
version: "2.2.10-3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nessus-rmuser"
---

# nessus-rmuser(8)

removes a user from the nessusd userbase

## NAME

nessus-rmuser - removes a user from the nessusd userbase

## SYNOPSIS

**nessus-rmuser \[***\<login\>***\]**

## DESCRIPTION

The  **Nessus Security Scanner** comes with its own user base which contains the list of who can use the services of  **nessusd**, and what restriction (or *rules*) each user has.

**nessus-rmuser** is a simple program which will remove user from the proper nessusd configuration files, as well as its data (saved KBs and saved sessions).

## SEE ALSO

[**nessus-adduser**(8)](/nessus-adduser/8.md), [**nessusd**(8)](/nessusd/8.md), [**nessus**(1)](/nessus/1.md)

## MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NESSUS PROJECT

The canonical places where you will find more information  about the Nessus project are:

http://www.nessus.org/ ⟨⟩ (Official site)\
 http://cvs.nessus.org/ ⟨⟩ (Developers site)

## AUTHOR

**nessus-rmuser** was quickly written by Renaud Deraison \<deraison@cvs.nessus.org\>