groupdel(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       groupdel(8)

NAME

       groupdel - Deletes a group definition from the system

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/groupdel [-P] [-x extended_option] group_name

OPTIONS

       Creates	a  PC  group only.  The following extended_option attributes are available: Indicates whether or not the group is distributed. The
       value of the distributed=n attribute can be 0 or 1. If set to 0, the group is deleted from the local system. If set  to	1,  the  group	is
       deleted	from  the  NIS	master	database  on  the  running  system.  Indicates whether or not the group is local. The value of the local=n
       attribute can be 0 or 1. If set to 1, the group is deleted from the local database. If set to 0, the group is deleted from the  NIS  master
       database.  Specifies the name of the group to be deleted from the system.  The groupname must exist.

DESCRIPTION

       The groupdel command lets the system administrator delete existing groups from the system, by group name.  In addition, the system adminis-
       trator can use the -x option to specify whether the group to be deleted is local or whether the group resides in the NIS  master  database.
       If the -x option is not specified, the group is deleted from the appropriate database as specified by the system defaults.

       The  default behavior on the system for the groupdel command is distributed=0 and local=1.  With these values, the system deletes the group
       from the local database by default. Setting the distributed= and local= attributes to  the  same  value	(for  example,	distributed=0  and
       local=0) produces an error.

       When  the  Advanced  Server  for  UNIX  (ASU) is running, you can also delete PC groups consisting of members who are holders of Windows NT
       domain accounts.

       You must have superuser privilege to execute this command.

EXIT STATUS

       The groupmod command exits with one of the following values: Success.  Failure.	Warning.

EXAMPLES

       The following example removes the group, testgrp: % groupdel testgrp The following example removes the group, testgrp, from the local group
       database:  %  groupdel  -x  local=1  testgrp The following example removes the PC users group, domainbdev, from the local group database: %
       groupdel -P domainbdev

FILES

       The groupdel command operates on the appropriate files for the specific level of system security.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  groupadd(8), groupmod(8), useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8)

       System Administration

       Security

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