Re: how do i add user accounts in FC3?

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--- Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am So, den 13.03.2005 schrieb Zach Wilkinson um
> 16:32:
> 
> > Redhat docs say to use useradd or
> system-config-users.
> > useradd gives me an error about not being able to
> > rewrite the password file.
> > In system-config-users, I go to add a user, I
> fill-out
> > the form, but when I click to add the window goes
> > translucent and the pointer changes to an
> hourglass
> > and stays that way.
> > SELinux was set to active during the install, and
> I
> > did find seuseradd, but that gives me the same
> error
> > as regular useradd.
> > I know this isn't system specific because I've
> tried
> > this on three different systems, one fresh install
> > with latest yum update.
> 
> useradd / adduser is the proper CLI tool, or
> system-config-users if a
> GUI is requested.
> I suspect you have a misconfigured authconfig?
> 
> $ grep "yes" /etc/sysconfig/authconfig
> USECRACKLIB=yes
> USEMD5=yes
> USESHADOW=yes
> 
I get the same output from grep; all three are set to
yes.

> This is all to be set for a local auth system. Did
> you enable other
> things?
> 
mmm, I set SELinux to active, I left the firewall
enabled with holes for ssh and httpd, I selected
custom package install, manual IP config, ... pretty
basic config.

> Alexander
> 
> 
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