Unable to add group

dhawanmayur · 11-20-2009, 03:19 AM

Hi,
I am trying to add group in RHEL. when I use the command group , I get result as "group already exists", however when I try to see the /etc/group file there does not exist an entry for this group.

After this when I try to add a user to this group I again get an result like "user already exists", But again this user can't be seen in the /etc/passwd file.

Please let me know whether there is some error I am doing. I am executing commands from /usr/sbin/useradd and /usr/sbin/groupadd.

thanks in advance.
dhawanmayur

centosboy · 11-20-2009, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhawanmayur

Hi,
I am trying to add group in RHEL. when I use the command group , I get result as "group already exists", however when I try to see the /etc/group file there does not exist an entry for this group.

After this when I try to add a user to this group I again get an result like "user already exists", But again this user can't be seen in the /etc/passwd file.

Please let me know whether there is some error I am doing. I am executing commands from /usr/sbin/useradd and /usr/sbin/groupadd.

thanks in advance.
dhawanmayur

make sure this user and group does not exist in

/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/etc/shadow

Lee_Ball · 11-20-2009, 07:19 AM

Are you trying to create a new group or add a user to an existing group?

Try this command:

Code:

grep -r -i "{groupname}" /etc/

put the group you're trying to create in instead of {groupname}

This will then output a list of files from /etc/ which contain the group you're searching for.