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Old 06-23-2004, 05:55 PM   #1
giovannym
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Unhappy useradd problem


Hello everyone, Thanks to all of you who help us newbies out. I'm struggling a bit learning linux, but I already like it more than windows. Anyway, my question is this. I'm attempting to install oracle on my red hat 9 box. I'm creating the Oracle user accounts like this logged in as root:

# groupadd dba
# groupadd oinstall
# useradd -c "Oracle software owner" -g oinstall -G dba oracle
useradd: unknown gid 100

I get the following when I try to use the useradd command. Anyone know why it says that? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone.
 
Old 06-23-2004, 07:13 PM   #2
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What /etc/group looks like?
 
Old 06-23-2004, 07:13 PM   #3
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Sorry brain fart

Last edited by homey; 06-23-2004 at 07:25 PM.
 
Old 06-23-2004, 07:19 PM   #4
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Originally posted by homey
I'm not sure why you are using both the -g and -G features but on the last one you have
-G dba oracle but the group which you made is only called dba
Please refer to man useradd,
he is trying to create a user oracle in group oinstall and also be a member of group dba.
 
Old 06-23-2004, 07:59 PM   #5
giovannym
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my /etc/group has the following for the oracle user and the dba and oinstall groups

dba:x:513racle
oinstall:x:514:

I went and used the graphical tool to try and see if it looked fine, and as far as I can see the oracle user was created with the primary group being oinstall and secondary group being dba. I just found that odd, wasn't expecting to see that message.
 
  


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