---
name: "pts_removeuser"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "openafs-client"
version: "1.8.13.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pts_removeuser"
---

# pts\_removeuser(1)

Removes a user from a Protection Database group

## NAME

pts\_removeuser - Removes a user from a Protection Database group

## SYNOPSIS

**pts removeuser** **-user** \<*user name*\>+ **-group** \<*group name*\>+\
     \[**-cell** \<*cell name*\>\] \[**-noauth**\] \[**-localauth**\] \[**-force**\] \
     \[**-help**\] \[**-auth**\] \[**-encrypt**\] \[**-config** \<*config directory*\>\]

**pts rem** **-u** \<*user name*\>+ **-g** \<*group name*\>+\
     \[**-c** \<*cell name*\>\] \[**-n**\] \[**-l**\] \[**-f**\] \[**-h**\]\
     \[**-a**\] \[**-e**\] \[**-co** \<*config directory*\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **pts removeuser** command removes each user or machine named by the **-user** argument from each group named by the **-group** argument.

To add users to a group, use the **pts adduser** command. To list group membership, use the **pts membership** command. To remove users from a group and delete the group's entry completely in a single step, use the **pts delete** command.

## CAUTIONS

AFS compiles each user's group membership as he or she authenticates. Any users who have valid tokens when they are removed from a group retain the privileges extended to that group's members until they discard their tokens or reauthenticate.

## OPTIONS

- **-user** \<*user name*\>+

  Specifies the name of each user entry or the IP address (complete or wildcard-style) of each machine entry to remove.

- **-group** \<*group name*\>+

  Names each group from which to remove members.

- **-auth**

  Use the calling user's tokens to communicate with the Protection Server. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-cell** \<*cell name*\>

  Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-config** \<*config directory*\>

  Use an alternate config directory. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-encrypt**

  Encrypts any communication with the Protection Server. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-force**

  Enables the command to continue executing as far as possible when errors or other problems occur, rather than halting execution at the first error.

- **-help**

  Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

- **-localauth**

  Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local */etc/openafs/server/KeyFile* file. Do not combine this flag with the **-cell**  or **-noauth** options. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-noauth**

  Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

## EXAMPLES

The following example removes user smith from the groups `"staff"` and `"staff:finance"`. Note that no switch names are necessary because only a single instance is provided for the first argument (the username).

```
   % pts removeuser smith staff staff:finance
```

The following example removes three machine entries, which represent all machines in the Example Corporation network, from the group `"bin-prot"`:

```
   % pts removeuser -user 138.255.0.0 192.12.105.0 192.12.106.0 -group bin-prot
```

## PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

The required privilege depends on the setting of the fifth privacy flag in the Protection Database for the group named by the **-group** argument (use the **pts examine** command to display the flags):

- •

  If it is the hyphen, only the group's owner and members of the system:administrators group can remove members.

- •

  If it is lowercase `"r"`, members of the group can also remove other members.

(It is not possible to set the fifth flag to uppercase `"R"`.)

## SEE ALSO

[**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md), [**pts\_adduser**(1)](/pts_adduser/1.md), [**pts\_examine**(1)](/pts_examine/1.md), [**pts\_membership**(1)](/pts_membership/1.md), [**pts\_setfields**(1)](/pts_setfields/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

IBM Corporation 2000. \<http://www.ibm.com/\> All Rights Reserved.

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