useradd does not add new group for newly added user
Issue
useradd does not add new group for newly added user
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User was added without specifying any parameter:
# useradd bob -
When adding new user accounts, no new group was created.
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The new user account was created with primary group
gid=100(users)# id bob uid=1002(bob) gid=100(users) groups=100(users) -
Below log message has been recorded in
/var/log/secure:useradd[34648]: new user: name=bob, UID=1002, GID=100, home=/home/bob, shell=/bin/bash
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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