userdel dumps core (memory fault) if user's group doesn't exist. Yes, this is bad usage but may confuse the heck out of someone. howitzer:/root>useradd foobar howitzer:/root>groupdel foobar groupdel: cannot remove user's primary group. howitzer:/root>vi /etc/group # removed group dingus howitzer:/root>userdel foobar Memory fault (core dumped) ---Eof---
Fixed in the current devel tree