redhat man page for groupdel

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

NAME
       groupdel - Delete a group

SYNOPSIS
       groupdel group

DESCRIPTION
       The groupdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that refer to group.  The named group must exist.

       You must manually check all filesystems to insure that no files remain with the named group as the file group ID.

CAVEATS
       You may not remove the primary group of any existing user.  You must remove the user before you remove the group.

FILES
       /etc/group - group information
       /etc/gshadow - secure group information

SEE ALSO
       chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), groupadd(8), groupmod(8), useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8)

AUTHOR
       Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)

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