Hi guys, Looks like my / file system is corrupt and needs a good checking, so I will most probably take the machine down to single-user and check and reboot. This should fix it up. Suggestions were: 1. permissions on passwd and shadow files 2. full / file system 3. corrupt useradd file 4. missing files 5. truss -o /tmp/useradd.truss -f useradd xxxxxxxx (Good stuff!) Thanks to the following: Casper Dik Nicolas Dorfsman Harrington, David B Sean Timmins Cheers Adrian Phipps 90 Durban Road IT Building Bellville Work 021-949 4642 Cell 082 787 7321 Fax 021-945 4740 <<Picture (Metafile)>> > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrian Phipps (AC) > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:57 PM > To: 'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org' > Subject: Weird useradd problem. > > Hi all, > > I am getting the following error message when trying to add an user > but both my /etc/passwd and /etc/group files exist, I am not using > NIS. > > UX: useradd: ERROR: Cannot update system files - login cannot be > created. > > Regards > > > Adrian Phipps > > > ================================================================== This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Telkom SA Limited e-mail legal notice available at http://www.telkom.co.za/TelkomEMailLegalNotice.PDF [demime 1.01b removed an attachment of type image/bmp which had a name of ole0.bmp] _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Wed Oct 27 08:28:41 2004
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