GROUPDEL(8)		  System Management Commands		   GROUPDEL(8)



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 file systems 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 account information.

       /etc/gshadow
	   Secure group account information.

EXIT VALUES
       The groupdel command exits with the following values:

       0
	   success

       2
	   invalid command syntax

       6
	   specified group doesn't exist

       8
	   can't remove user's primary group

       10
	   can't update group file

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



System Management Commands	  10/28/2007			   GROUPDEL(8)