Changing or Deleting Groups

Rename or delete an existing group.

To change a group, use the groupmod command:

sudo groupmod [options] username

For example, to rename the oldgrp group to newgrp:

sudo groupmod -n newgrp oldgrp

To delete a group, use the groupdel command:

sudo groupdel groupname

For more information, see the groupdel(8) and groupmod(8) manual pages.