Platform SDK: Network Management

NetGroupDel

The NetGroupDel function deletes a global group from the security database.

Security Requirements

Windows NT: Only members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group can successfully execute the NetGroupDel function.

Windows 2000: If you call this function on a Windows 2000 domain controller that is running Active Directory, access is allowed or denied based on the access-control list (ACL) for the securable object. The default ACL permits only Administrators and account operators to call this function. On a member server or workstation, only Administrators and account operators can call this function. For more information, see Security Requirements for the Network Management Functions.

NET_API_STATUS NetGroupDel(
  LPCWSTR servername,  
  LPCWSTR groupname    
);

Parameters

servername: [in] Pointer to a constant null-terminated Unicode character string specifying the name of the remote server on which the function is to execute. The string must begin with \\. If this parameter is NULL, the local computer is used.
groupname: [in] Pointer to a constant null-terminated Unicode character string specifying the name of the global group account to delete.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is NERR_Success.

If the function fails, the return value can be one of the following error codes.

Value	Meaning
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED	The user does not have access to the requested information.
NERR_InvalidComputer	The computer name is invalid.
NERR_NotPrimary	The operation is allowed only on the primary domain controller of the domain.
NERR_SpeGroupOp	The operation is not allowed on certain special groups. These groups include user groups, admin groups, local groups, and guest groups.
NERR_GroupNotFound	The global group name could not be found.

Remarks

If you are programming for Active Directory, you may be able to call certain Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI) methods to achieve the same functionality you can achieve by calling the network management group functions. For more information, see IADsGroup.

Requirements