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How to Delete Group in Linux

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May 6, 2020

In Linux, groups are used to organize and administer user accounts. The primary purpose of groups is to define a set of privileges such as reading, writing, or executing permission for a given resource that can be shared among the users within the group.A new group can be created using the groupadd command

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