Odd error while trying to call SAM

[Jarheadatheart]

All,
I am on a RP7420 running 11.11, I tried to call up SAM and recieved the following error:

A call to the routine getgrgid(3C) failed for GID "20". The group x
x database does not exist or the entry for the group corresponding to x
x GID "20" is missing from the group database. Please fix the problem x
x and restart SAM.


I am not sure what this is, I did a search online with no results. Anyone have any idea?

[Wim Rombauts]

At a very first thought, I would check /etc/group and see if there is a correct entry for GID 20 ("users" on my machine)

[Wim Rombauts]

... or if you have multiple user databases on your machine, maybe "grget -g 20" can be a help.

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi,

it seems that something is missing into /etc/group file, 20 usually is the GID of group users. Do you have the entry for group users into /etc/group?

Please post the /etc/group file.

Best regrads,
Fabio

[Jarheadatheart]

Entry for "users" is:

users::112:root,milnel

none of my systems have the default GID of 20 it was removed as a requirement.

[Wim Rombauts]

And what if you create one, albeit just for a few minutes ?

Add "dummygr::20:" to /etc/group and try your SAM

[Jarheadatheart]

Attached is /etc/group

[Pete Randall]

SemperFi Jarhead,

Your group file does not have a group 20. You could try adding one, but I think the better solution might be to make sure you're invoking SAM as root!

Ooorah!


Pete

[Patrick Wallek]

>>none of my systems have the default GID of 20 it was removed as a requirement.

What kind of requirement? Security? Oftentimes the default users and groups are there for a reason and removing them could have unexpected consequences.

[Jarheadatheart]

Semper Fi Brother! (Pete)

Pete, I can call sam as root.

but why can't I call it logged is as myself? I can on all of my other systems and the /etc/group files are the same on all of the systems? That is what is bothering me.