On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Noam Rathaus wrote: <snipp>
> > > > also what does this cmd run as root show: > > # adduser logcheck adm > > # adduser logcheck adm > Adding user `logcheck' to group `adm'... > gpasswd: unknown user adm > adduser: `/usr/bin/gpasswd -M root,adm,daemon,logcheck adm' returned error > code 1. Aborting. > Cleaning up. ok so without quiet nothing really new. what are the permissions of your group file: # ls -l /etc/group # lsattr /etc/group what is you root fs mounted on? following output: $ mount thanks again for your feedback. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]