import os import time def remove_user(username): os.system("killall -u %s 1>/dev/null 2>&1" % username) #allow all process to be completely closed before we attempt to delete user print "Waiting for processes to close..." time.sleep(3) os.system("deluser --remove-home " + username + " 1>/dev/null 2>&1") if __name__ == "__main__": remove_user("pypo")