GROUPDEL(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures GROUPDEL(8)
NAME
groupdel - delete a group definition from the system
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/groupdel groupDESCRIPTION
The
groupdel utility deletes a group definition from the system. It
deletes the appropriate entry from the
/etc/group file.
OPERANDS
group An existing group name to be deleted.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Success.
2 Invalid command syntax. A usage message for the
groupdel command is
displayed.
6 group does not exist.
10 Cannot update the
/etc/group file.
FILES
/etc/group system file containing group definitions
SEE ALSO
attributes(7),
groupadd(8),
groupmod(8),
logins(8),
useradd(8),
userdel(8),
usermod(8)NOTES
The
groupdel utility only deletes a group definition that is in the local
/etc/group file. If a network nameservice is being used to supplement the
local
/etc/group file with additional entries,
groupdel cannot change
information supplied by the network nameservice.
groupdel fails if a group entry (a single line in
/etc/group) exceeds
2047 characters.
January 7, 2018
GROUPDEL(8)