1GROUPDEL(8)               System Management Commands               GROUPDEL(8)
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NAME

6       groupdel - delete a group
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SYNOPSIS

9       groupdel group
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DESCRIPTION

12       The groupdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all
13       entries that refer to group. The named group must exist.
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15       You must manually check all file systems to insure that no files remain
16       with the named group as the file group ID.
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CAVEATS

19       You may not remove the primary group of any existing user. You must
20       remove the user before you remove the group.
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FILES

23       /etc/group
24          Group account information.
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26       /etc/gshadow
27          Secure group account information.
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EXIT VALUES

30       The groupdel command exits with the following values:
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36       6  specified group doesn’t exist
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40       10 can't update group file
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SEE ALSO

43       chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), gpasswd(8), groupadd(8), groupmod(8),
44       useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8)
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48System Management Commands        07/30/2006                       GROUPDEL(8)
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