70 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
70 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\"$Id: groupdel.8,v 1.14 2005/04/12 17:55:55 kloczek Exp $
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.\" Copyright 1991 - 1993, Julianne Frances Haugh
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. Neither the name of Julianne F. Haugh nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JULIE HAUGH AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL JULIE HAUGH OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.TH GROUPDEL 8
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.SH NAME
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groupdel \- Delete a group
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBgroupdel\fR \fIgroup\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBgroupdel\fR command modifies the system account files, deleting all
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entries that refer to \fIgroup\fR. The named group must exist.
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.PP
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You must manually check all filesystems to insure that no files remain with
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the named group as the file group ID.
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.SH CAVEATS
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You may not remove the primary group of any existing user. You must remove
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the user before you remove the group.
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.SH FILES
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\fI/etc/group\fR \- group account information
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.br
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\fI/etc/gshadow\fR \- secure group information
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.SH EXIT VALUES
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.TP 2
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The \fBgroupdel\fR command exits with the following values:
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.br
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\fB0\fR \- success
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.br
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\fB2\fR \- invalid command syntax
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.br
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\fB6\fR \- specified group doesn't exist
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.br
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\fB8\fR \- can't remove user's primary group
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.br
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\fB10\fR \- can't update group file
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR chfn (1),
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.BR chsh (1),
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.BR passwd (1),
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.BR groupadd (8),
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.BR groupmod (8),
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.BR useradd (8),
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.BR userdel (8),
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.BR usermod (8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)
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