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groupdel(8)
NAME
  groupdel - Deletes a group definition from the system

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

FLAGS
  -x extended_option
      The following extended_option attributes are available:

      distributed=n
	  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.

      local=n
	  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.

  group_name
      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 administrator can
  use the -x flag to specify whether the group to be deleted is local or
  whether the group resides in the NIS master database.	 If the -x flag 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.

  You must have superuser privilege to execute this command.

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


EXIT VALUES
  The groupdel command exits with one of the following values:

  0   Success

  2   Invalid command syntax or insufficient privilege.	 A usage message for
      the groupdel command or an error message is displayed.

  3   An invalid argument was provided to an option.

  7   The group does not exist.

  10  Cannot update the group database.

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

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

  Documents:  System Administration, Security