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GROUPDEL (8)

Delete a group

SYNOPSIS

    groupdel group

DESCRIPTION

    The groupdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that refer to group. The named group must exist.

    You must manually check all filesystems to insure that no files remain with the named group as the file group ID.

CAVEATS

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

FILES

    /etc/group - group information /etc/gshadow - secure group information

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

    Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@bga.com)