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Old 11-07-2005
Useradd Error

Seems that I'm having issues adding a user on our AIX Version 5.1 server.
When I added the user dh I get the following error:

# useradd dh
3004-721 Could not create user.
3004-703 Check "/usr/lib/security/mkuser.sys" file.
3004-687 User "dh" does not exist.

The /etc/passwd gets the following entry for that user after the error:
dh:*:361:1::/home/dh:/usr/bin/ksh


The passwd and group files are the follwing size and does not appear to be an issue in that area.
The /etc/passwd is 172 lines, 8865 characters
The /etc/group is 19 lines, 804 characters

Any suggestion on what to check from here?
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Old 11-08-2005
do u get the same error if u use smitty?
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