07-02-2015 08:40 AM
i am unable to cretae the user acount ,, it gives error----
#useradd -u 140 -m -d /home/rajesh rajesh
"Loing name not unique"
i was checked in /etc/passwd file , but in this file rajesh user name not available. but i am still facing the issue.
finally i was checked in /etc/shadown file, in this file the rajesh user name exsists, how to remove the rajesh user account name in shadow file.
Plesae share the safe methold to remove the name in /etc/shadown file.
07-02-2015 09:48 AM
Have you tried using userdel(1m) first?
Otherwise use vipw(1m) to copy that entry from /etc/shadow to /etc/passwd, then use userdel(1m), then try adding.
07-02-2015 12:15 PM
07-02-2015 07:12 PM
>Could you please share the procedure?
I thought I did. Did userdel(1m) work?
If it fails because of the missing entry in /etc/passwd, you need to create one using vipw(1m).
07-03-2015 12:55 PM
hi,
one more information,, this rajesh is root equvalent id. so rajesh user id is 0. so we cannot directlry delete this account.
kindly confirm for editing shardow file, please find the below procedure .
1.backup the file /etc/passwd, /etc/group ,/etc/shadow ,/etc/gshadow
2. vipw -s --remove the name rajesh in the shadow file
07-04-2015 03:34 AM
>rajesh is root equivalent id. so rajesh user id is 0. so we cannot directly delete this account.
I see nothing in userdel(1m) that deletes the files by default.
>2. vipw -s -remove the name rajesh in the shadow file
vipw(1m) only works on passwd(4).
07-04-2015 11:56 AM
->vipw(1m) only works on passwd(4).
it means we can only delete passwd file ,, so then how to remove the entry in shadow file.
07-05-2015 03:04 AM
>it means we can only delete passwd file
But you can add to passwd(4).
