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System Administration Commands                       groupdel(1M)



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 group-
           del command is displayed.


     6     group does not exist.


     10    Cannot update the /etc/group file.


FILES
     /etc/group    system file containing group definitions


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcs                      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     users(1B),    groupadd(1M),    groupmod(1M),     logins(1M),
     useradd(1M), userdel(1M), usermod(1M), attributes(5)



SunOS 5.11          Last change: 27 Aug 2008                    1






System Administration Commands                       groupdel(1M)



NOTES
     The groupdel utility only deletes a group definition that is
     in  the local /etc/group file. If a network nameservice such
     as NIS or  NIS+  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.













































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