=head1 NAME pts delete - Deletes a Protection Database entry =head1 SYNOPSIS B B<-nameorid> >+ [B<-cell> >] [B<-noauth>] [B<-force>] [B<-help>] B B<-na> >+ [B<-c> >] [B<-no>] [B<-f>] [-h] =head1 DESCRIPTION The B command removes each entry specified by the B<-nameorid> argument from the Protection Database. Deleting entries affects other parts of the system in various ways: =over 4 =item * Deleted users and groups still appear on access control lists (ACLs), but are listed by AFS UID or GID rather than by name, because there is no longer an associated name to which to translate the ID. To remove these obsolete entries from ACLs, use the B command. =item * Deleting a user or machine's entry removes it from the membership list of any group to which it belonged. =item * Deleting a group entry removes it from the membership list of any user or machine entry that belonged to the group, and also increments the group-creation quota of the group's creator by one, even if the creator no longer owns the group. =back To remove a user or machine from a group without actually deleting the entry, use the B command. =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item B<-nameorid> >+ Specifies the name or AFS UID of each user, the name or AFS GID of each group, or the IP address (complete or wildcard-style) or AFS UID of each machine entry to delete. It is acceptable to mix users, machines, and groups on the same command line, as well as names (IP addresses for machines) and IDs. Precede the GID of each group with a hyphen to indicate that it is negative. =item B<-cell> > Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see L. =item B<-noauth> Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer. For more details, see L. =item B<-force> Enables the command to continue executing as far as possible when errors or other problems occur, rather than halting execution at the first error. =item B<-help> Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored. =back =head1 EXAMPLES The following example deletes the user entries C and C: % pts delete pat terry The following example deletes the Protection Database entry of the group with AFS GID -215. % pts delete -215 =head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED The issuer must belong to the system:administrators group to delete user and machine entries. To delete group entries, the issuer must either own the group or belong to the system:administrators group. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L =head1 COPYRIGHT IBM Corporation 2000. All Rights Reserved. This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.