On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:35:18 -0600 Bill Gradwohl <bill@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill Gradwohl wrote: > > > I believe its a sequence of events issue when using the normal > > commands. I've recreated the problem on another machine. > > I know I'm replying to myself, but I figured out what causes gshadow to > get corrupted. > > Execute the following commands: > tail /etc/gshadow # to know what you started with > groupadd sambashare > tail /etc/gshadow > useradd xyz > tail /etc/gshadow > usermod -G sambashare xyz > tail /etc/gshadow > > The usermod utility causes corruption in gshadow. The more users area > added to the sambashare group, the more trashed gshadow becomes. > > To remove the corruption : > userdel -r xyz > groupdel sambashare > > I'm going to bugzilla this if its not in there already. > > -- > Bill Gradwohl > bill@xxxxxxx > http://www.ycc.com > spamSTOMPER Protected email > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Glad you found the problem Bill. Good luck. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097
