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Re: Windows domain user in Linux



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Am 04.05.2012 18:05, schrieb Muhammad Yousuf Khan:
> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Daniel Koch 
> <koch.daniel.89@googlemail.com> wrote: 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
>>>> 
> 
> What about:
> 
> # adduser administrator root
> 
> 
>> 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


  -G, --groups GROUPS           list of supplementary groups of the new
                                account				    ^^^

"new account" that is why : "'administrator' already exists"

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Daniel Koch
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