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groupdel(1M) 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 groupdel com- mand 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 attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO users(1B), groupadd(1M), groupmod(1M), logins(1M), useradd(1M), userdel(1M), usermod(1M), attributes(5) NOTES The groupdel utility only deletes a group definition that is in the lo- cal /etc/group file. If a network nameservice such as NIS or NIS+ is being used to supplement the local /etc/group file with additional en- tries, groupdel cannot change information supplied by the network name- service. SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 groupdel(1M)
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