creating an account

[benzi]

Hi,
I just wanted to create a new account at a SCO Unix 3.x Server.
the system showed the following message:
"Error
An error occured when creating user: test
Line 60 of /etc/passwd has an invalid format"

what can I do solving this problem? which format is not invalid ? (i used only letters or letters in combination with numbers)

Thanks a lot,

mm

 

[pcunix]

It's probably not what you typed- and it may have happened before this.

First, what version do you really have- 3.x covers way too many years- do "uname -X"

Second, what does

sed -n 60p /etc/passwd

show? If it's not the user you just tried adding, then it may already have been broken.

Finally- HOW did yuu add the user? Through Scoadmin or with useradd at the command line? Have you sucessfully added other accounts?

Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com

 

[benzi]

Dear Paul Lawrence,
Thanks for your reply.

the version: SCO Open Server Release 3.2v4.2

the last line in the passwd-file is:
showed by sed -n 60p /etc/passwd

< bad > :x:::::

I started the sysadmsh at prompt and I looked into the passwd file.
the saving of this file is possible.


I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Matthias Mühlbacher

 

[pcunix]

I'm not Paul Lawrence

I'd manually (vi) remove that line, and the equivalent from /etc/shadow if it exists. Then look in /tcb/files/auth/*/ for any unusual entries if that exists. Finally, run fixmog to try to fix this stuff up.

(Whether or not you have /etc/shadow and the /tcb/files/auth hierarchchy depends on the security level you have set- see &quot;man relax&quot; ) Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com

 

[benzi]

HI !
At first I just wanted to say I am sorry for writing Paul instead of Tony.

After I have removed the line I have started the integrity program for testing the system.
the report shows that:
&quot;/etc/inittab (entry 84) is wrong.
/usr/lib/cron/at.allow (entry 242) is missing.
/usr/lib/cron/cron.allow (entr 244) is missing.&quot;

then I started fixmog -i (the interactive mode)

&quot;change group of /etc/inittab from group to audit
change mode of /etc/inittab from 0644 to 0664&quot;

What's wrong? What means &quot;from group to audit &quot; and from mode 0644 to 0664 .

Does the second message /usr/... of integrity report relate to the other problem?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Matthias Mühlbacher

 

[pcunix]

Sounds to me like someone who doesn't understand the tcb files has been manually editing files on your system.


Fixing all this is more than I have the mental energy to even try I suggest you get a local consultant to come in and work on this: see

http://pcunix.com/consultants.html

Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com