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man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
- delete a group definition from the system
/usr/sbin/groupdel group
The groupdel utility deletes a group definition from the system. It deletes the appropriate entry from the /etc/group file.
An existing group name to be deleted.
The following exit values are returned:
Success.
Invalid command syntax. A usage message for the groupdel command is displayed.
group does not exist.
Cannot update the /etc/group file.
system file containing group definitions
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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users(1B), groupadd(1M), groupmod(1M), logins(1M), useradd(1M), userdel(1M), usermod(1M), attributes(5)
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.