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how add user in Redhat6.2
- Thread starter mingx98
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Hi,
Well useradd (or adduser which is symbolically linked to useradd) is the right command from the shell. Sounds like there is an error trying to update the /etc/groups file - by default a redhat system will create a new group which equates to the user name. Perhaps the permissions are wrong - a 'ls -l /etc/group' should look like this :
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 650 Jul 25 21:20 /etc/group
If its different then do (as root)
chmod 644 /etc/group
Another tactic would be to specify an existing group to see if that works (it wouldn't need to lock /etc/group for writing). For example -
/usr/sbin/useradd new_user -g users -n
-n suppresses the redhat specfic feature of creating a group equivalent to username.
Otherwise you could try using 'linuxconf' (with or without X) or even going to single user mode with 'init 1', mounting the /usr filesystem manually if necessary, then doing the '/usr/sbin/useradd....' again.
Hope this helps, Iain
Well useradd (or adduser which is symbolically linked to useradd) is the right command from the shell. Sounds like there is an error trying to update the /etc/groups file - by default a redhat system will create a new group which equates to the user name. Perhaps the permissions are wrong - a 'ls -l /etc/group' should look like this :
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 650 Jul 25 21:20 /etc/group
If its different then do (as root)
chmod 644 /etc/group
Another tactic would be to specify an existing group to see if that works (it wouldn't need to lock /etc/group for writing). For example -
/usr/sbin/useradd new_user -g users -n
-n suppresses the redhat specfic feature of creating a group equivalent to username.
Otherwise you could try using 'linuxconf' (with or without X) or even going to single user mode with 'init 1', mounting the /usr filesystem manually if necessary, then doing the '/usr/sbin/useradd....' again.
Hope this helps, Iain
krischrist
ISP
friend,
You can also try userconf.Just invoke that in the command line give the login name , name of the person and the group and also the UID number that's it a user is added.Give the password of your choice.
Krischrist
You can also try userconf.Just invoke that in the command line give the login name , name of the person and the group and also the UID number that's it a user is added.Give the password of your choice.
Krischrist
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