On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > An interesting bit of info: The only file that has grp of dba is the one I created as a test: [root ~]# mount /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /sys type sysfs (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol02 on /home type ext3 (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol04 on /tmp type ext3 (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol03 on /var type ext3 (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) /dev/dm-14 on /u01 type ext3 (rw) /dev/dm-12 on /u02 type ext3 (rw) /dev/dm-17 on /u03 type ext3 (rw) /dev/dm-18 on /u04 type ext3 (rw) /dev/dm-16 on /u05 type ext3 (rw) /dev/dm-13 on /u06 type ext3 (rw) /dev/dm-15 on /u07 type ext3 (rw) //util/linux on /mnt/orutil type cifs (rw,mand) [root ~]# find / -mount -group dba /root/tmp/x [root ~]# find /u0? -mount -group dba [root ~]# -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist