[LUNI] userdel, useradd madness

Richard Reina richard at rushlogistics.com
Wed Jul 25 15:48:19 CDT 2007


Yes.  However, kellie used to have uid 515 and I need for her to have it again.

Trev Peterson <trev at advanced-reality.com> wrote: Are you sure there is not already a user w/ uid 515?

 Trev

On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 14:26 -0700, Richard Reina wrote:
> I am having problems with userdel and useradd on my Centos master NIS server . If I do:
> 
> #:userdel kellie
> and then:
> #:useradd -u 515 kellie
> I get:
> useradd: user kellie exist.
> Despite there being no entry for her in /etc/passwd, /etc/group, or /etc/shadow and no home directory for her.  Can anyone help me shed some light on this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> Your beliefs become your thoughts.  Your thoughts become your words.  Your words become your actions.  Your actions become your habits.  Your habits become your values.  Your values become your destiny.  -- Mahatma Gandhi
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Trev Peterson
Advanced Reality
Email: trev at advanced-reality.com
Phone: +1 847 406 9018


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