Re: Windows domain user in Linux

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

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 12:32:31 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> Is the user already in an external database?
>
> >From "man adduser":
>
> ***
> CAVEATS
> You may not add a user to a NIS or LDAP group. This must be performed on
> the corresponding server.
>
> Similarly, if the username already exists in an external user database
> such as NIS or LDAP, useradd will deny the user account creation request.
> ***
>
> In addition, if the user "administrator" already exists locally, you have
> to use "usermod" instead.
>
> Note: adding a user to the root's group can be dangerous.


Thanks for the informative email, however administrator is me so thats
the reason i added that.

Thanks any ways,




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