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Old 02-12-2010
useradd giving error in solaris 10
Hi,

I have installed Solaris 10 in my PC and now installing Oracle10, but while adding a user i am getting following error:
Code:
useradd -g oinstall -G dba -d /export/home/oracle oracle
UX: useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files.  See pwconv(1M).

I have tried pwconv command, but it is not giving any error. 'wc -l /etc/passwd /etc/shadow' is also giving output of 16 lines in each file. There was one more command that I ran (don't remember now) to check the file system, but no use. Please suggest what can I do.


Regards,
Amit
Last edited by Scott; 02-12-2010 at 09:37 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 2  
Old 02-12-2010
Check whether oracle user is already exists on the system.
Where is your -u option for UID?
eg
useradd -u 101 -g 10 -d /export/home/fred -m -s /bin/ksh -c "Fred Smith" fred
# 3  
Old 02-12-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by amitanshu.verma
Hi,

I have installed Solaris 10 in my PC and now installing Oracle10, but while adding a user i am getting following error:
Code:
useradd -g oinstall -G dba -d /export/home/oracle oracle
UX: useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files.  See pwconv(1M).

I have tried pwconv command, but it is not giving any error. 'wc -l /etc/passwd /etc/shadow' is also giving output of 16 lines in each file. There was one more command that I ran (don't remember now) to check the file system, but no use. Please suggest what can I do.


Regards,
Amit
Kindly check whether the group oinstall,dba exist or not ..? Else create those groups first & then create your ID. I hope for oracle installation oracle(user),dba(group) is sufficient.
# 4  
Old 02-12-2010
Try to run pwck as root, maybe this gives you an idea about what's wrong.
# 5  
Old 02-12-2010
Further checks, try the password file and group file syntax checkers. The error you describe usually comes from someone editing the password file with something other than "vipw".

Code:
pwck
grpck

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