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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