remove_ftp_user.sh

#!/bin/bash

FTP_USER="$1";
FTP_PASSWD_FILE="/etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd.passwd";

CHECK_LOGIN=`cat "$FTP_PASSWD_FILE" | grep "$FTP_USER:" | cut -d ':' -f 1 | wc -l`;

DieWithError()
{
    echo "$1" 1>&2;
    exit 1;
}

[ -z "$FTP_USER"     ]  && DieWithError "Usage: $0 <ftp_login>";
[ $CHECK_LOGIN -eq 0 ]  && DieWithError "Error: the specified login does not exist";

pure-pw userdel "${FTP_USER}" 2> /dev/null;

pure-pw mkdb > /dev/null 2>&1;

/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart > /dev/null 2>&1;

echo -e "Done!\n";

exit 0;