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Deleting Attribute Types

Use the dcecp xattrschema delete command to delete an extended attribute. Be aware that when you delete an attribute type you also delete all instances of that attribute type. For example, assume that an instance of the MVSname attribute is attached to a principal named delores. If you delete the MVSname attribute, you also delete the instance of that attribute attached to delores.

To delete attribute types enter the command in the following form:

xattrschema delete attribute_name

where attribute_name is the fully qualified name of the attribute to be deleted.

For example, to delete the extended attribute named MVSname, the command would be as follows:

dcecp> xattrschema delete /.:/xattrschema/MVSname
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