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projdel

projdel(1M)						  System Administration Commands					       projdel(1M)

NAME

       projdel - delete a project from the system

SYNOPSIS

       projdel [-f filename]  project

DESCRIPTION

       The projdel utility deletes a project from the system and makes the appropriate changes to the system file.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -f filename     Specify the project file to modify. If no filename is specified, the system project file, /etc/project, is modified.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       project	       The name of the project to be deleted.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Successful completion.

       2	The command syntax was invalid. A usage message for projdel is displayed.

       3	An invalid argument was provided to an option.

       4	The projid given with the -p option is already in use.

       5	The project files contain an error. See project(4).

       6	The project to be modified, group, user, or resource does not exist.

       9	The project is already in use.

       10	Cannot update the /etc/project file.

FILES

       /etc/project	       System project file

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWesu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stabilty	     | See below.		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       Invocation is evolving. Human readable output is unstable.

SEE ALSO

       projects(1),  groupadd(1M),  groupdel(1M),  groupmod(1M),  grpck(1M), logins(1M), projadd(1M), projmod(1M), useradd(1M), userdel(1M), user-
       mod(1M), project(4), attributes(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       In case of an error, projdel prints an error message and exits with a non-zero status.

NOTES

       projdel deletes a project definition only on the local system. If a network name service such as NIS or LDAP is being  used  to	supplement
       the local /etc/project file with additional entries, projdel cannot change information supplied by the network name service.

SunOS 5.10							    4 May 2004							       projdel(1M)