Re: Windows domain user in Linux

[Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com>]

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Daniel Koch
<koch.daniel.89@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> Am 04.05.2012 09:32, schrieb Muhammad Yousuf Khan:
>> i am using winbind for samba to fetch users from windows domain.
>> now i want to add a windows domain user "administrator" a member of
>> group "root". however when i run the command it gives me an error.
>>
>> #useradd -G root administrator useradd: user 'administrator'
>> already exists
>>
>>
>> Please Help.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
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> What about:
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> # adduser administrator root
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wwwowwwwwww It worked Thanks mate :)

can i ask a question , why it worked by adduser and why not useradd as
both commands works for a same purpose AFAIK


Thanks,


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