I just tried Yast2 and it fails as well. I think I'll take a look at the useradd source.
You should be able to use Yast2 as it simplifies it considerably, assuming you're not trying to create users programmatically.
Greg Freemyer wrote:
Linux Guru's,
The way I want to setup my SuSE boxes, useradd is not working.
I have /etc/passwd bound to /config/etc/passwd (ie. mount --bind
.....).
Doing a strace on useradd, I see it is failing because it creates
/etc/passwd+
with the new user, then attempts a rename().
In my case, the rename is failing.
Does anyone know any pros/cons between me: writing a shell script to use instead of useradd getting the shadow srpm and changing useradd to work directly on /etc/passwd
If I write my own script, and there any files other than /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/skel I need to worry about?
Thanks Greg
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You might want to look into why Yast2 fails. Greg Freemyer wrote:
I just tried Yast2 and it fails as well.
I think I'll take a look at the useradd source.
You should be able to use Yast2 as it simplifies it considerably, assuming you're not trying to create users programmatically.
Greg Freemyer wrote:
Linux Guru's,
The way I want to setup my SuSE boxes, useradd is not working.
I have /etc/passwd bound to /config/etc/passwd (ie. mount --bind
.....).
Doing a strace on useradd, I see it is failing because it creates
/etc/passwd+
with the new user, then attempts a rename().
In my case, the rename is failing.
Does anyone know any pros/cons between me: writing a shell script to use instead of useradd getting the shadow srpm and changing useradd to work directly on /etc/passwd
If I write my own script, and there any files other than /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/skel I need to worry about?
Thanks Greg
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