On Fri, 04 May 2012 12:32:31 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > i am using winbind for samba to fetch users from windows domain. now i > want to add a windows domain user "administrator" a member of group > "root". however when i run the command it gives me an error. > > #useradd -G root administrator > useradd: user 'administrator' already exists
Is the user already in an external database? >From "man adduser": *** CAVEATS You may not add a user to a NIS or LDAP group. This must be performed on the corresponding server. Similarly, if the username already exists in an external user database such as NIS or LDAP, useradd will deny the user account creation request. *** In addition, if the user "administrator" already exists locally, you have to use "usermod" instead. Note: adding a user to the root's group can be dangerous. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jo0rhj$3du$7...@dough.gmane.org
