Why cannot I delete a user using userdel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?
Issue
- When trying to delete a user, userdel gives an error:
# userdel <user>
userdel: user <user> is currently logged in
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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