Re: groupadd -R problem

[Wim Bertels <wim.bertels@khleuven.be>]

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>         How do u add a group with --root or -R option?
>         the error message doesn't seem to make sense.
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>         This is an example:
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>         ROOT@debian:/tmp# mkdir /blabla
>         ROOT@debian:/tmp# groupadd -R /blabla testChroot
>         groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later.
>         ROOT@debian:/tmp# groupadd testChroot
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>         without the -R option just works..
>         
>         mvg,
>         Wim
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>         
> You have misunderstood the groupadd comand. It is used to add new
> group to the system and NOT to change the group ownersheep of a
> directory as in your example. Read the man page for groupadd and chown
> to see the difference.

Maybe my example was not clear:
the objective was to add a group, not to change the group ownership.

cf 
-R, --root CHROOT_DIR
           Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the
           configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory.

So i'm guessing this only applies when u have chrooted "OS's" within
your OS?

mvg,
Wim

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