Re: dba group already exists in linux

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:10 PM, S. Anthony Sequeira
<tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Maybe it's in shadow, a group removed improperly.
>
> Try grpck, and for good measure pwck.
>
> GRPCK(8)                  System Management Commands
> GRPCK(8)
>
> NAME
>       grpck - verify integrity of group files
>
>
Thanks for the suggestions, though that doesn't seem to be the problem.

I have seen this before, just never pursued it.

As I am building a new server, and not a test box, I would like to do it
properly.

So far, no luck.

strace of groupadd didn't reveal anything either.


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Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

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