---
name: "sss_groupdel"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "sssd-tools"
version: "1.16.3-3.2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sss_groupdel"
---

# sss\_groupdel(8)

delete a group

## NAME

sss\_groupdel - delete a group

## SYNOPSIS

**sss\_groupdel** \[*options*\] *GROUP*

## DESCRIPTION

**sss\_groupdel** deletes a group identified by its name *GROUP* from the system.

## OPTIONS

- **-?**,**--help**

  Display help message and exit.

## THE LOCAL DOMAIN

In order to function correctly, a domain with “id\_provider=local” must be created and the SSSD must be running.

The administrator might want to use the SSSD local users instead of traditional UNIX users in cases where the group nesting (see [**sss\_groupadd**(8)](/sss_groupadd/8.md)) is needed. The local users are also useful for testing and development of the SSSD without having to deploy a full remote server. The **sss\_user\*** and **sss\_group\*** tools use a local LDB storage to store users and groups.

## SEE ALSO

[**sssd**(8)](/sssd/8.md), [**sssd.conf**(5)](/sssd.conf/5.md), [**sssd-ldap**(5)](/sssd-ldap/5.md), [**sssd-krb5**(5)](/sssd-krb5/5.md), [**sssd-simple**(5)](/sssd-simple/5.md), [**sssd-ipa**(5)](/sssd-ipa/5.md), [**sssd-ad**(5)](/sssd-ad/5.md), [**sssd-sudo**(5)](/sssd-sudo/5.md), [**sssd-secrets**(5)](/sssd-secrets/5.md), [**sssd-session-recording**(5)](/sssd-session-recording/5.md), [**sss\_cache**(8)](/sss_cache/8.md), [**sss\_debuglevel**(8)](/sss_debuglevel/8.md), [**sss\_groupadd**(8)](/sss_groupadd/8.md), [**sss\_groupdel**(8)](/sss_groupdel/8.md), [**sss\_groupshow**(8)](/sss_groupshow/8.md), [**sss\_groupmod**(8)](/sss_groupmod/8.md), [**sss\_useradd**(8)](/sss_useradd/8.md), [**sss\_userdel**(8)](/sss_userdel/8.md), [**sss\_usermod**(8)](/sss_usermod/8.md), [**sss\_obfuscate**(8)](/sss_obfuscate/8.md), [**sss\_seed**(8)](/sss_seed/8.md), [**sssd\_krb5\_locator\_plugin**(8)](/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin/8.md), **sss\_ssh\_authorizedkeys**(8), **sss\_ssh\_knownhostsproxy**(8), [**sssd-ifp**(5)](/sssd-ifp/5.md), [**pam\_sss**(8)](/pam_sss/8.md). [**sss\_rpcidmapd**(5)](/sss_rpcidmapd/5.md) [**sssd-systemtap**(5)](/sssd-systemtap/5.md)

## AUTHORS

**The SSSD upstream - https://pagure.io/SSSD/sssd/**