In this article i will cover the basics of using the cPanel account termination functions in WHM. The following is the process flow of an account termination in cPanel Account
Account Removal Status: ok (linuxorg account removed)
Running pre removal script (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/prekillacct)……Done
Collecting Domain Name and IP…User: linuxorg
Domain: linuxbeginners.org
…Done
Locking account and setting shell to nologin…Locking password for user linuxorg.
passwd: Success
…Done
Killing all processes owned by user……Done
Removing Sessions………Done
Removing Suspended Info………Done
Removing Web Logs……Done
Removing Bandwidth Files……Done
Removing Email Sending Limits Cache……Done
Removing DKIM keys……Done
Removing Crontab……Done
Removing HTTP Virtual Hosts…Removed the following non-SSL virtual hosts: linuxbeginners.org
Removed the following SSL virtual hosts:
…Done
Removing ftp Virtual Hosts……Done
Removing user’s web content directory symlinks……Done
Removing MySQL databases and users…
Listing MySQL dbs for removal….
Fetching MySQL DB Owner information….
Revoking MySQL Privs…….Done
Removing MySQL horde data……Done
Removing PostgreSQL databases and users……Done
Removing User & Group…….Success…Done
Removing DNS Entries…linuxbeginners.org => deleted from host.
…Done
Removing Email Setup…Removing /etc/valiases/linuxbeginners.org
…Done
Removing mailman lists……Done
Updating Databases……Done
Removing bandwidth limits……Done
Removing Counter Data……Done
Adding IP back to the IP address pool…System has 1 free ip….Done
Removing user’s cPanel Databases & Updating……Done
Reloading Services……Done
Removing mail and service configs… …Done
Removing Logaholic Webstats…Id: TQ:TaskQueue:15 …Done
Sending Contacts……Done
Updating internal databases…Updating FTP passwords for linuxorg
Purging ftp user linuxorg
FTP password files updated.
FTP vhost passwords synced…Done
Running post removal scripts (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/legacypostkillacct, /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/postkillacct)……Done
Account Removal Complete!!!…linuxorg account removed…Done
