]> groupdel 8 System Management Commands groupdel delete a group groupdel group The groupdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that refer to group. The named group must exist. You may not remove the primary group of any existing user. You must remove the user before you remove the group. You should manually check all file systems to ensure that no files remain owned by this group. The following configuration variables in /etc/login.defs change the behavior of this tool: &MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP; /etc/group Group account information. /etc/gshadow Secure group account information. The groupdel command exits with the following values: 0 success 2 invalid command syntax 6 specified group doesn't exist 8 can't remove user's primary group 10 can't update group file chfn1 , chsh1 , passwd1 , gpasswd8 , groupadd8 , groupmod8 , useradd8 , userdel8 , usermod8