SUMMARY: Weird useradd problem.

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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:28:09 +0200
To: <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>

Hi guys,

Looks like my / file system is corrupt and needs a good checking, so I
will most probably take the machine down to single-user and check and
reboot. This should fix it up.

Suggestions were:
1. permissions on passwd and shadow files
2. full / file system
3. corrupt useradd file
4. missing files
5. truss -o /tmp/useradd.truss -f useradd xxxxxxxx (Good stuff!)

Thanks to the following:

Casper ***
Nicolas Dorfsman
Harrington, David B
Sean Timmins

Cheers

Adrian Phipps
90 Durban Road
IT Building
Bellville
Work 021-949 4642
Cell 082 787 7321
Fax 021-945 4740

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Phipps (AC)
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:57 PM
> To: 'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'
> Subject: Weird useradd problem.
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am getting the following error message when trying to add an user
> but both my /etc/passwd and /etc/group files exist, I am not using
> NIS.
>
> UX: useradd: ERROR: Cannot update system files - login cannot be
> created.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Adrian Phipps
>
>
>

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