Issue adding user

iFunction · 01-10-2019, 10:31 AM

Hi I am trying to set up a webserver from scratch on a virtual server at work, but something odd is happening while trying to add a user, if I use:

Code:

useradd --system --gid webapps --shell /bin/bash --home /webapps/django_user pcc_update

it adds the user, but is using another account's home. If I use?

Code:

adduser --system --gid webapps --shell /bin/bash --home /webapps/django_user pcc_update

I get the following error:

Code:

Value "webapps" invalid for option gid (number expected)

Digging further, webapps is a group that I set up and shows up as:

Code:

webapps:x:999:

I'm a little out of my depth here, if it helps, this is the article I am following, http://michal.karzynski.pl/blog/2013...nv-supervisor/

I could just set up this site on root, but I am trying to learn good practice and would like to understand where I am going wrong.

dc.901 · 01-10-2019, 11:52 AM

Try:

Code:

useradd -d /webapps/django_user -m

Flag -d tells to use /webapps/django_user as home directory and -m will create the directory and set correct permissions.

Review man page for useradd command; it has good info.

chrism01 · 01-10-2019, 06:49 PM

Well, on RHEL/Centos 7 --gid can be name or number, according to the man pages.

Maybe you should check the man pages on your actual system.
You could post the distro name/ver here as well.

ondoho · 01-11-2019, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iFunction

Code:

Value "webapps" invalid for option gid (number expected)

Digging further, webapps is a group that I set up and shows up as:

Code:

webapps:x:999:

why don't you just try 999 then?

iFunction · 01-11-2019, 04:51 AM

Thank you all for your input, I found out the issue, I was setting this all up under my user account (which is an admin account). I started again as root and this solved all the problems. A bit of a newby fail really but logically it should be root as this is basic first level setup before the system is even being used.

I consider this issue SOLVED, but I always appreciate feedback on my finding to keep the information accurate.