groupadd: cannot rewrite group file

superluser · 09-24-2006, 09:46 PM

[Every time I post here, I prove myself to be an utter idiot. So I'll say it up front: I am an utter idiot.]

I can't add groups to /etc/groups. I get the error listed in the subject. This is a problem, because it means that I can't install a few packages. I read that you have to temporarily disable SELinux, but the only way to do that is to edit /etc/selinux/config.

Only problem: /etc/selinux/config: No such file or directory

What do I do?

abegetchell · 09-25-2006, 01:55 PM

Did you make /etc/groups immutable for some reason?

chattr -i /etc/groups

w3bd3vil · 09-25-2006, 01:58 PM

try the command
setenforce 0

superluser · 09-25-2006, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abegetchell

Did you make /etc/groups immutable for some reason?

chattr -i /etc/groups

Don't think so:

]$ lsattr /etc/group
----------------- /etc/group

Quote:

Originally Posted by w3bd3vil

try the command
setenforce 0

No cookie for you! That sets it to permissive, but I think I need to turn it all the way off.

I found a site that has the basic format for /etc/selinux/config, and I made it manually. It gave me an error when I tried to edit it in a sudo session, so I guess that's a sign that it's looking at it.

You can only disable SELinux on boot, so I'm going to reboot and see if 1) it disables it and 2) I can add groups.

Wish me luck!

superluser · 09-25-2006, 07:24 PM

I can't believe that that worked.

But it did!