On Fri, 04 May 2012 21:06:58 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. > > > Thanks for the informative email, however administrator is me so thats > the reason i added that.
Yes, but that's still dangerous. Why do you need to be in root's group? > Thanks any ways, You're welcome. Anyway, a quick note on your first one-liner: by re-reading "man useradd" I think you should use "-g" instead "-G". 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/jo1fe4$3du$1...@dough.gmane.org
