useradd, groupadd problem!

[James Kosin]

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John L. Pierce wrote:

| I have tried to add a group with the following command
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| groupadd -u xx -r clamav
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| and I get the following:
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| groupadd cannot rewrite group file.
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| I have also tried to add a new user with the following command
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| useradd -u xx -r clamav
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| and I get the following:
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| useradd cannot rewrite the password file.
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| Fedora 3 and all of the latest updates.
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| 2.6.11.5wv4l #1 Mon Mar 28 13:34:24 CST 2005 i686 athlon i386
| GNU/Linux
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| Yes I was root at the time, yes I used an integer in place of xx on
| the command line.
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| Any guidance would be appreciated.
|
| John

Have you checked to be sure the user / group does not already exist?

James Kosin
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