system users does not exist

[Ankush Grover]

On 1/31/06, anupama 2004 <mallik.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> --
> sir/madam
> Hi
> in my system i have installed fedora core-3
> and i dont know why  some system users are deleted  from /etc/passwd
> file  and when i start some services like postgresql  , sendmail  etc
> the system says system user "postgres"   does't exist
> i have some important data in my system. so pls tell me hoew to include
> these system users again without reinstalling the packages.
> i tried with forcebly updating the rpms.  but didn't solved the problem
>
> Thanks/Regards
> Mallikarjun Mudumali
> 9880023898
> Thanks/Regards
> Mallikarjun Mudumali
> 9880023898
>
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>
hey,

create the users like posgre and other users through "useradd" command.
Normally these users are created when u install the packages or rpms.

useradd postgre

Regards

Ankush Grover
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