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diff --git a/man/man8/groupdel.8 b/man/man8/groupdel.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9d5176 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man8/groupdel.8 @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: groupdel +.\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 11/08/2022 +.\" Manual: System Management Commands +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.13 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "GROUPDEL" "8" "11/08/2022" "shadow\-utils 4\&.13" "System Management Commands" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +groupdel \- delete a group +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP \w'\fBgroupdel\fR\ 'u +\fBgroupdel\fR [\fIoptions\fR] \fIGROUP\fR +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +The +\fBgroupdel\fR +command modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that refer to +\fIGROUP\fR\&. The named group must exist\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +The options which apply to the +\fBgroupdel\fR +command are: +.PP +\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR +.RS 4 +This option forces the removal of the group, even if there\*(Aqs some user having the group as the primary one\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +.RS 4 +Display help message and exit\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR\ \&\fICHROOT_DIR\fR +.RS 4 +Apply changes in the +\fICHROOT_DIR\fR +directory and use the configuration files from the +\fICHROOT_DIR\fR +directory\&. Only absolute paths are supported\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR\ \&\fIPREFIX_DIR\fR +.RS 4 +Apply changes in the +\fIPREFIX_DIR\fR +directory and use the configuration files from the +\fIPREFIX_DIR\fR +directory\&. This option does not chroot and is intended for preparing a cross\-compilation target\&. Some limitations: NIS and LDAP users/groups are not verified\&. PAM authentication is using the host files\&. No SELINUX support\&. +.RE +.SH "CAVEATS" +.PP +You may not remove the primary group of any existing user\&. You must remove the user before you remove the group\&. +.PP +You should manually check all file systems to ensure that no files remain owned by this group\&. +.SH "CONFIGURATION" +.PP +The following configuration variables in +/etc/login\&.defs +change the behavior of this tool: +.PP +\fBMAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP\fR (number) +.RS 4 +Maximum members per group entry\&. When the maximum is reached, a new group entry (line) is started in +/etc/group +(with the same name, same password, and same GID)\&. +.sp +The default value is 0, meaning that there are no limits in the number of members in a group\&. +.sp +This feature (split group) permits to limit the length of lines in the group file\&. This is useful to make sure that lines for NIS groups are not larger than 1024 characters\&. +.sp +If you need to enforce such limit, you can use 25\&. +.sp +Note: split groups may not be supported by all tools (even in the Shadow toolsuite)\&. You should not use this variable unless you really need it\&. +.RE +.SH "FILES" +.PP +/etc/group +.RS 4 +Group account information\&. +.RE +.PP +/etc/gshadow +.RS 4 +Secure group account information\&. +.RE +.SH "EXIT VALUES" +.PP +The +\fBgroupdel\fR +command exits with the following values: +.PP +\fI0\fR +.RS 4 +success +.RE +.PP +\fI2\fR +.RS 4 +invalid command syntax +.RE +.PP +\fI6\fR +.RS 4 +specified group doesn\*(Aqt exist +.RE +.PP +\fI8\fR +.RS 4 +can\*(Aqt remove user\*(Aqs primary group +.RE +.PP +\fI10\fR +.RS 4 +can\*(Aqt update group file +.RE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBchfn\fR(1), +\fBchsh\fR(1), +\fBpasswd\fR(1), +\fBgpasswd\fR(8), +\fBgroupadd\fR(8), +\fBgroupmod\fR(8), +\fBuseradd\fR(8), +\fBuserdel\fR(8), +\fBusermod\fR(8)\&. |