Why can't one add group using ldgroupadd command in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7?
Issue
- On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 with
libuser-0.56.13-8.el6_7.x86_64
trying to add a group locally withlgroupadd
, it returns with an error code of 2 saying that the group already exists when it doesn't:
root@localhost # uname -a
Linux utora05b 2.6.32-573.1.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 14 02:46:51 EDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@localhost # grep dba /etc/group
root@localhost # lgroupadd dba
Group creation failed: entry already present in file
root@localhost # grep dba /etc/group
dba:x:501:
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
libuser-0.56.13-8.el6_7.x86_64
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