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I am using a new redhad install and i can't seem to get the useradd or groupadd commands to work. and apache won't start without a user and group for the clients accessing the website?????
Try using adduser with the name following, but I tried the same for groupadd and addgroup, both of those didn't work for me. You can always manually add them in to /etc/group with the format
group_name: passwd(keep blank if you want no password):GID:user_list separated by commas
Hope this helps, but I do know for sure the adduser will add the user for you.
Alright, I was playing around, and I was trying to add group names I didn't already have, and then all of a sudden it was taking them. What is the error when you try to add groups with groupadd? I was getting error's, then going back trying to add the same group name again, then it was telling me the group already exists. Hmmmmmm
Let me know.....Also this is within RH 7.0 as well.
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