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. Thanks any ways, > > 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/jo0rhj$3du$7...@dough.gmane.org > -- 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/cagwvfmkkubl0udlahfnznjumyejl6brn9px5jspt6qmvuju...@mail.gmail.com
