usr/sbin/adduser: Permission denied
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Richard G
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Check what the rights are via SSH. Login as root or su to root. The issue a command like this:
It should read something like this (in Centos) because it's symlinked:
Also look add /usr/sbin/useradd the same way, should look something like this:
Code:
ls -al /usr/sbin/adduserIt should read something like this (in Centos) because it's symlinked:
Also look add /usr/sbin/useradd the same way, should look something like this:
Richard G
Verified User
You forgot the second command I told you. The first one is correct.
Please do the second command too, to see if useradd also has the correct rights:
How did you try to create the user when you got the error. Was that from within Directadmin or did you use SSH to do it.
Please do the second command too, to see if useradd also has the correct rights:
Code:
ls -al /usr/sbin/adduserHow did you try to create the user when you got the error. Was that from within Directadmin or did you use SSH to do it.
Richard G
Verified User
Yeah I ment that, I mixed them up. I gave him both commands before and he only did one.
nobaloney
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On most (not all) systems, adduser is either a symbolic link to useradd, or else it's a script which calls useradd.
Jeff
Jeff
Richard G
Verified User
Correct, that's why I asked him to do both the ls commands to check if both were correct.
Still waiting for the useradd result, it might be a permission problem there.
Still waiting for the useradd result, it might be a permission problem there.