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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Useradd issue Post 302410483 by maverick_here on Tuesday 6th of April 2010 06:23:46 AM
Old 04-06-2010
Thanks a million mx1ram

Hi,

I actually fixed the issue an hour ago , actually i had this system configured for kerbores authentication ; I did the basic thing which i was dumb not to do initially i checked with /var/log/secure ( it was an issue with pam authentication )

b) Had a look at my /etc/nsswitch.conf file following were the entries

passwd: files winbind
shadow: files winbind
group: files winbind


I changed it to

passwd: files
shadow: files
group: files

This worked.

Your code ( i did test it on a different machine) works neatly Smilie.

I will have to explore Kerberos.

Again Thanks a Lot for you time and effort appreciate it.
 

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VIPW(8) 						    System Management Commands							   VIPW(8)

NAME
vipw, vigr - edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file SYNOPSIS
vipw [options] vigr [options] DESCRIPTION
The vipw and vigr commands edits the files /etc/passwd and /etc/group, respectively. With the -s flag, they will edit the shadow versions of those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, respectively. The programs will set the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption. When looking for an editor, the programs will first try the environment variable $VISUAL, then the environment variable $EDITOR, and finally the default editor, vi(1). OPTIONS
The options which apply to the vipw and vigr commands are: -g, --group Edit group database. -h, --help Display help message and exit. -p, --passwd Edit passwd database. -q, --quiet Quiet mode. -R, --root CHROOT_DIR Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory. -s, --shadow Edit shadow or gshadow database. ENVIRONMENT
VISUAL Editor to be used. EDITOR Editor to be used if VISUAL is not set. FILES
/etc/group Group account information. /etc/gshadow Secure group account information. /etc/passwd User account information. /etc/shadow Secure user account information. SEE ALSO
vi(1), group(5), gshadow(5) , passwd(5), , shadow(5). shadow-utils 4.1.5.1 05/25/2012 VIPW(8)
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