Linux / Unix Command: groupdel

Command Library

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.  

SEE ALSO

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

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