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