Unable to create user

hiep.pham · 06-18-2012, 06:08 PM

Hell:

It seems like I'm unable to create a user to login even I'm in root mode

useradd test1
bash: adduser: command not found

adduser test1
bash: adduser: command not found

Any ideas why I can't create a user in root mode?

custangro · 06-18-2012, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiep.pham

Hell:

It seems like I'm unable to create a user to login even I'm in root mode

useradd test1
bash: adduser: command not found

adduser test1
bash: adduser: command not found

Any ideas why I can't create a user in root mode?

What OS are you using?

Your $PATH would be the first thing I'd check

Code:

echo $PATH

Next I'd just start looking

Code:

find / -type f -name '*useradd*'

-C

hiep.pham · 06-18-2012, 06:22 PM

CentOS release 5.5 (Final)

when I do $PATH and this is what I got

/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/pham/bin

chrism01 · 06-18-2012, 06:52 PM

OK go into /usr/sbin and do a search there; I'm looking at a RHEL5 system and the cmds are in there.

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root        7 Jun 28  2008 adduser -> useradd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    36504 Jan 17  2007 newusers
-rwxr-x--- 1 root root    74512 Jan 17  2007 useradd
-rwxr-x--- 1 root root    49548 Jan 17  2007 userdel
-rwxr-x--- 1 root root    74416 Jan 17  2007 usermod

PS looks like they are part of the shadow-utils pkg; try

Code:

yum provides useradd

hiep.pham · 06-18-2012, 06:56 PM

[pham@ftp ~]$ ll /home
total 40
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Jun 18 13:30 ftp-docs
drwx------ 2 10001 10001 4096 Jun 20 2011 gorf
drwx------ 2 jmx_infra jmx_infra 4096 Jun 30 2011 jmx_infra
drwx------ 4 pham pham 4096 Jul 8 2011 pham
drwx------ 2 toor toor 4096 Jun 18 2011 toor

Sorry I did not see anything like useradd or adduser. I though I can add user from root command. Any special command should I use in order to add a new user?

custangro · 06-18-2012, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiep.pham

CentOS release 5.5 (Final)

when I do $PATH and this is what I got

/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/pham/bin

Did you run this command?

Code:

find / -type f -name '*useradd*'

Or the command that chrism01 suggested?

-C

ohlookpie · 06-18-2012, 07:09 PM

What is the output from the following:

Quote:

ls -li /usr/sbin/useradd
ls -li /usr/sbin/adduser

/usr/sbin/adduser is a softlink pointing to /usr/sbin/useradd, so really not sure why your system is saying the adduser command is missing.

hiep.pham · 06-18-2012, 07:09 PM

[root@ftp pham]# yum provides useradd
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.eecs.wsu.edu
* extras: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
* updates: mirrors.syringanetworks.net
Warning: 3.0.x versions of yum would erroneously match against filenames.
You can use "*/useradd" and/or "*bin/useradd" to get that behaviour
No Matches found

ohlookpie · 06-18-2012, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiep.pham

[root@ftp pham]# yum provides useradd
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.eecs.wsu.edu
* extras: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
* updates: mirrors.syringanetworks.net
Warning: 3.0.x versions of yum would erroneously match against filenames.
You can use "*/useradd" and/or "*bin/useradd" to get that behaviour
No Matches found

Do a yum provides "*/useradd" as the output that you've posted suggests.

chrism01 · 06-18-2012, 07:12 PM

You still haven't checked the/usr/sbin dir as suggested (twice)

hiep.pham · 06-18-2012, 07:15 PM

[root@ftp pham]# /usr/sbin/useradd gorf4
[root@ftp pham]#

but it doesn prompt to setup a new password. Am I missing something here?

custangro · 06-18-2012, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiep.pham

[root@ftp pham]# /usr/sbin/useradd gorf4
[root@ftp pham]#

but it doesn prompt to setup a new password. Am I missing something here?

To change the password, you need to use the "passwd" command

Code:

/usr/bin/passwd gorf4

--C

hiep.pham · 06-18-2012, 07:22 PM

Thanks it worked.

hiep.pham · 06-18-2012, 07:40 PM

Sorry I have another questions how can I reset proftpd user password?