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Re: Segmentation fault

 
Edwin Ruiz_2
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‎03-04-2004 01:19 AM

‎03-04-2004 01:19 AM

Segmentation fault

Hi!

I have one problem again... when i use useradd or groupadd command i get that error:

Segmentation fault...

Do somebody know why?
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Mark Grant
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‎03-04-2004 01:25 AM

‎03-04-2004 01:25 AM

Re: Segmentation fault

This is just a guess but it may be that you have a corruption in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow. Have a look at them manually and see if there is anythign obviously wrong with them.

However, it could be a whole host of things that is causing this error but most of them start to look a bit nasty compared with just a corrupted passwd file.
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Jerome Henry
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‎03-04-2004 02:16 AM

‎03-04-2004 02:16 AM

Re: Segmentation fault

This message is always a file problem... on writing on your HD... So /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow is a good bet...
Check also your rights, verifying that you 'su -' to enter this command.

hth

J
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