did u tried.. useradd newuser -g newuser anish Rajanish Rai <rajanishrai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: thanks anish, I tried useradd -n,but still getting the same problem. rajanish --- Anish Mathew wrote: > try useradd -n > > anish > > Rajanish Rai wrote: > Hi, > > I am facing a problem while executing 'useradd' > command to add user on RedHat linux, if there is > already a group with same name as user and '-g' > option > is not used to set primary usergroup. > > Details to reproduce issue is as - > (1)On RadHat linux system, a usergroup with name > "newuser" already exists. > (2)Tried to add user with name "newuser" using > following command. > useradd newuser > (3)Got following problem - > useradd: group newuser exists - if you want to add > this user to that group, use -g > > I was hoping to set "newuser" as primary usergroup > while executing above command. > > Pls let me know any possible workaround for the > same. > > Regards > Rajanish Rai > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile > phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > --------------------------------- > ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even > more fun! > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send a seasonal email greeting and help others. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
