getting rid of excess groups

[Amichai Rotman]

Why do you want to get rid of them?

They are harmless if they are not in use.

If you have redundant user accounts, you can remove them using the
'userdel' command or using the User Accounts item under the System Settings.

Amichai.


On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 3:35 PM, John R. Sowden
<jsowden at americansentry.net>wrote:

> I seem to have groups for staff, me, another user, and others above and
> below 1000.  I would like to get rid of the ones not used, but I need to
> know if they are used.  How do I do this?
> Not only are they used by a program, but also are there files owned by
> those groups?
>
> John
>
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