solaris - groupdel (1)

NAME

     groupdel - delete a group definition from the system

SYNOPSIS

     /usr/sbin/groupdel group

AVAILABILITY

     SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

     The groupdel command deletes a  group  definition  from  the
     system.    It   deletes   the  appropriate  entry  from  the
     /etc/group file.

OPTIONS

     group
          A string of printable  characters  that  specifies  the
          group to be deleted.

FILES

     /etc/group

SEE ALSO

     users(1B),    groupadd(1M),    groupmod(1M),     logins(1M),
     useradd(1M), userdel(1M), usermod(1M)

DIAGNOSTICS

     The groupdel command exits with one of the following values:

     0    Success.

     2    Invalid command syntax.  A usage message for the group-
          del command is displayed.

     6    group does not exist.

     10   Cannot update the /etc/group file.

NOTES

     groupdel only deletes a group  definition  that  is  in  the
     local /etc/group file.  If a network nameservice such as NIS
     or NIS+ is being used to  supplement  the  local  /etc/group
     file  with additional entries, groupdel cannot change infor-
     mation supplied by the network nameservice.