dba group already exists in linux

From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Oracle-L Freelists" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:42:13 -0700

We are setting up a new linux box for Oracle, the following message
appears when trying to create the dba group:

  [root]# groupadd -g 300 dba
  groupadd: group dba exists

I've seen this before, but have no idea how this group was created.

Typically I create dba with an id of 500, but this default group is usually
some other ID IIRC.

To answer some likely questions:

* no, oracle has never been installed on this box
* dba does not appear in /etc/group

This is RH Linux EL4, kernel 2.6.9

Thanks,


-- 
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

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