GROUPDEL(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures GROUPDEL(8)

NAME

groupdel - delete a group definition from the system

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/groupdel group

DESCRIPTION

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)