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Old 11-27-2005, 03:28 PM   #1
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can't add user

Whenever i tried to add user it says:

[root@linux nelson]# adduser nel
adduser: unable to open password file

What does this means?? Here is my perm in passwd / shadow

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1263 Nov 27 02:49 passwd
-r-------- 1 root root 886 Nov 27 02:49 shadow
 
Old 11-27-2005, 06:01 PM   #2
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Just run "adduser" without any arguements and you should be prompted for the username, home directory etc.
 
  


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