On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 14:00, Burke, Dan wrote: > Sorry, I think I sent this to the "Announce" list initially on accident. > > Hello, > > I'm running several Fedora C2 boxes, and this one is giving me grief. I > can't reload it because apps are already running on it. I went to add a > "mysql" group while installing mysql 4.1.7, and found that I can't add > or modify groups and users. > > With groupadd I get: > > Groupadd: cannot rewrite group file > > Same deal with useradd. > > With system-config-users it locks up and in a terminal I see the error: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/share/system-config-users/groupWindow.py", line 154, in > on_groupWin_ok_button_clicked > self.parent.ADMIN.addGroup(groupEnt) > RuntimeError: couldn't get security context of `/etc/group': No data > available > > > Any ideas what could be causing it? And how I can fix it (preferably > not just rebooting, I can't reboot it until Saturday and I need to get > this going). > > Dan. First thing to look at is the permissions on /etc/group file. Also check the ownership. Should be: 644 root:root for /etc/group Of course you need to be root to write to that file so it is assumed that you have su - to root first. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx genealogy, n.: An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. -- Ambrose Bierce
