suse man page for groupdel

Query: groupdel

OS: suse

Section: 8

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

NAME
groupdel - delete a group entry
SYNOPSIS
groupdel [-D binddn] [-P path] [--service service] [--help] [-u] [-v] group
DESCRIPTION
groupdel removes a group entry from the local system files or a LDAP database. A primary group of any existing user is not removeable. All filesystems must be checked manually to insure that no files remain with the named group.
OPTIONS
--service service Add the account to a special directory. The default is files, but ldap is also valid. -D, --binddn binddn Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory. The user will be prompted for a password for simple authentica- tion. -P, --path path The passwd and shadow files are located below the specified directory path. chpasswd will use this files, not /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. --help Print a list of valid options with a short description. -u, --usage Print a short list of valid options. -v, --version Print the version number and exit.
FILES
group - group information
SEE ALSO
passwd(1), login.defs(5), group(5), groupadd(8), groupmod(8)
AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> pwdutils October 2003 groupdel(8)
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useradd(8) - suse
groupdel(1m) - opensolaris
usermod(8) - suse
groupdel(1m) - minix
groupdel(1m) - xfree86
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