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# 1  
Old 03-25-2012
Unable to add new group in Solaris

I have installed Solaris 10 in VMware. Whenever I am trying to add new group using the command '/usr/sbin/groupadd/oinstall' while logged in as root , it is showing as '/usr/sbin/groupadd/oinstall can not execute'.

It will be great to hear any inputs/advice here.
# 2  
Old 03-25-2012
the command should be:
Code:
/usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall

# 3  
Old 03-25-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by DukeNuke2
the command should be:
Code:
/usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall

Sorry for the typo in my post, I was using the above command only.
# 4  
Old 03-26-2012
Please post the real error message you get.
# 5  
Old 03-27-2012
Hello,
I think you may just be using the command wrong.
syntax: /usr/sbin/groupadd [-g gid [-o]] group
So if you want to add a group named oinstall, you would do this.
Code:
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 101 oinstall

This should work for you.

Of course you do this as root.
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