Error in deleting group "groupdel: cannot remove user's primary group."
Issue
- Created a group "dba" with "gid=2000". But can not delete it -
# groupdel dba
groupdel: cannot remove user's primary group.
- No user belongs to "dba" group and the group is not in /etc/group
- System is also using AD authentication
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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