Creating mailbox file: File exists

thomas2004ch · 07-30-2010, 04:29 AM

I try to add a new user with the following command:

Code:

useradd  -m -d /opt/jboss/jon -g jboss jon

But I got error as follow:

Code:

Creating mailbox file: File exists

What could be the reason?

thomas2004ch · 07-30-2010, 04:58 AM

I solve the problem now.

repo · 07-30-2010, 04:59 AM

Could you please provide the solution, so other people can benefit?

thomas2004ch · 08-10-2010, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

Could you please provide the solution, so other people can benefit?

I created a user first and deleted it simply with userdel [username]. Seems this is not cleanly.

So I created this user again and deleted it with userdel -r [username]. This will delete the user cleanly.

akkomalcbz220 · 07-27-2015, 04:44 AM

Hi

To solve this issue you need to go in below location and delete the file which is conflicting with your username.

/var/spool/mail/

linusgirl · 07-28-2015, 05:19 PM

i created user with this
> useradd name
i deleted it with
>userdel name
again i tried to create a user ,then i get answer
>useradd :warning :the home directory already exits
then i used command by entering in home directory
>rm -rf name
then i again tried to add user i get
>file already exits
so i did this
> /var/spool/mail
>rm name
then i added user successfully again.