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GROUPDEL
!!!GROUPDEL
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
CAVEATS
FILES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


groupdel - 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


chfn(1), chsh(1), useradd(8),
userdel(8), usermod(8), passwd(1),
groupadd(8), groupmod(8)
!!AUTHOR


Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com)
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Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:31:12 am by "perry"

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