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roledel(1M)		System Administration Commands		   roledel(1M)

NAME
       roledel - delete a role's login from the system

SYNOPSIS
       roledel [-r] role

DESCRIPTION
       The  roledel  utility  deletes a role account from the system and makes
       the appropriate account-related changes to the  system  file  and  file
       system.	roledel	 also removes the role from each user's list of assum‐
       able roles.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -r	       Remove the role's home directory from the system.  This
		       directory  must	exist. The files and directories under
		       the home directory will no longer be accessible follow‐
		       ing successful execution of the command.

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       role	       An existing role name to be deleted.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0	       Successful completion.

       2	       Invalid command syntax. A usage message for the roledel
		       command is displayed.

       6	       The account to be removed does not exist.

       8	       The account to be removed is in use.

       10	       Cannot update the /etc/group or /etc/user_attr file but
		       the login is removed from the /etc/passwd file.

       12	       Cannot remove or otherwise modify the home directory.

FILES
       /etc/passwd	       system password file

       /etc/shadow	       system  file  containing roles' encrypted pass‐
			       words and related information

       /etc/group	       system file containing group definitions

       /etc/user_attr	       system	file   containing   additional	  role
			       attributes

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │ATTRIBUTE TYPE		     │ATTRIBUTE VALUE		   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcsu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       auths(1),  passwd(1),  profiles(1),  roles(1), users(1B), groupadd(1M),
       groupdel(1M), groupmod(1M), logins(1M), roleadd(1M), rolemod(1M), user‐
       add(1M),	   userdel(1M),	   usermod(1M),	   passwd(4),	 prof_attr(4),
       user_attr(4), attributes(5)

NOTES
       The roledel utility only deletes an account definition that is  in  the
       local  /etc/group,  /etc/passwd,	 /etc/shadow, and /etc/user_attr file.
       file. If a network name service such as NIS or NIS+ is  being  used  to
       supplement  the local /etc/passwd file with additional entries, roledel
       cannot change information supplied by the network name service.

SunOS 5.10			  8 Sep 1999			   roledel(1M)

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