useradd: Unknown group

[unix syzadmin]

pncerts group exists.

bngddem3:~ # tail -f /etc/group
haclient:!:90:
radiusd:!:101:
quagga:!:102:
vscan:!:103:
nobody:x:65533:
nogroup:x:65534:nobody
users:x:100:jsingh,pmirji,vijay,venkat,pmallick,grajashe,sgummara
dump:!:104:
dba::1000:oracle
pncerts:!:1001:

I am able to create a user (though it throws some errors) with the following
command (without -g pncerts option).

bngddem3:~ # useradd -m -d /home/rrao -s /bin/bash rrao
useradd: Unknown group `dialout'.
useradd: Unknown group `uucp'.
useradd: Unknown group `video'.
useradd: Unknown group `audio'.

However while changing the password I get the following error message:

bngddem3:~ # passwd rrao
Changing password for rrao.
passwd: User not known to the underlying authentication module
bngddem3:~ #

I could get the following from the logs

Apr 7 20:33:30 bngddem3 useradd: new user: name=rrao, uid=1011, gid=100,
home=/home/rrao, shell=/bin/bash
Apr 7 20:36:04 bngddem3 passwd[31183]: User root: User not known to the
underlying authentication module

Also the contents of /etc/default/useradd is

bngddem3:~ # more /etc/default/useradd
GROUP=100
HOME=/home
INACTIVE=-1
EXPIRE=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SKEL=/etc/skel
GROUPS=dialout,uucp,video,audio

Please suggest.

Thanks & Regards,
-GnanaShekar-


On 4/3/06, Herta Van den Eynde <herta.vandeneynde at cc.kuleuven.be> wrote:
>
> Looks like group pncerts does not exist.  You can create it with a
> command such as this:
>
> # groupadd pncerts
>
> Not sure why it would also want the other groups, though.  What's the
> content of /etc/default/useradd ?
>
> Perhaps you can work past the problem if you first create the group
> using a specific gid:
>
> # groupadd -g 412 pncerts
>
> possibly followed by a useradd using a specific uid:
>
> # useradd -m -d /home/rrao -s /bin/bash -g pncerts -u 412 rrao
>
> (replace 412 by an used gid and uid)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Herta
>
> unix syzadmin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am getting the following error for creating a user. Please suggest.
> >
> > bngddem3:~ # useradd -m -d /home/rrao -s /bin/bash -g pncerts rrao
> > useradd: Unknown group `dialout'.
> > useradd: Unknown group `uucp'.
> > useradd: Unknown group `video'.
> > useradd: Unknown group `audio'.
> > useradd: Unknown group `pncerts'.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > -GnanaShekar-
>
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