Users and Groups
Remove a group
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If a group becomes inactiveÐwhen a project ends, for exampleÐ
you can remove it from the network.

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BEFORE YOU START: If the users in the group are going to continue to work on the network, make sure they all belong to at least one other group. You can use the UserManager application to check group memberships ;../Reference/Tools/UserManager/UserManagerPanels/NewUserWindow.rtfd;;¬.  
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1	Log in as root on any network computer.
	If you don't log in as root, you can type the root password when 
	you start UserManager. 
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2	Double-click UserManager in /NextAdmin. 
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3	Choose Group ¬ Open from the UserManager menu.
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4	Select the domain where the groups are stored, select the group you want to remove, and click OK.
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5	Choose Group ¬ Delete from the UserManager menu.
	You may need to type the password for the domain and click Login in the User Authentication panel before UserManager can delete the group.
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6	Click Delete in the attention panel to confirm that you want to delete 
	the group.
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UserManager removes information about the group from the NetInfo domain, but it doesn't change any files or directories that have the group ID. When you inspect these files, you see the group ID rather than the group name. You can archive or erase the files, or you can change the group ID to another valid group. 

Avoid reusing the same group ID for another group in the future.

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Related topics (click a ¬)
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Concepts
Need basic information about groups?
;AboutUsersAndGroups.rtfd;;¬	About users and groups

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How to
Want to remove an individual user account?
;RemoveUserAccount.rtfd;;¬	Remove a user account