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groupdel
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: October 2003
Index 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 ora LDAP database. A primary group of any existing user is not removeable.All filesystems must be checked manually to insure that nofiles 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 authentication.
- -P, --path path
- The passwd and shadow files are located belowthe 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 <kukukAATTsuse.de>
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- FILES
- SEE ALSO
- AUTHOR
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