When yum updating, an error message "useradd[username]: failed adding user `USERNAME', data deleted" occurs in RHEL5

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Issue

When yum updating, an error message "useradd[username]: failed adding user `USERNAME', data deleted" occurs.

<date> <hostname> useradd[8400]: failed adding user `dbus', data deleted
<date> <hostname> useradd[8439]: failed adding user `sshd', data deleted
<date> <hostname> useradd[8440]: failed adding user `smmsp', data deleted

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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