groupdel

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Langue: en

Version: October 2003 (openSuse - 09/10/07)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

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 authentication.
-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>