I know this is going to sound like a newb question.....

I can no longer use the useradd command on my CentOS box to add users usermod doesnt work either... only command that works is users.

I am completely lost.

Yes, I am logged in as root.

Yes, I have tried adduser just incase.

stumped... completely stumped.

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shednik

Thats odd that looks right to me as well... I even doubled check since I haven't used CentOS in awhile..
http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-sag-en-4/s1-users-cmd-line.html

Are you possibly under a different shell that doesn't support that command syntax?

blargoe

adduser?

dynamik

Maybe your PATH variable is messed up. Are you actually logged in as root or did you su? If you just su'd you wouldn't have the PATH variable of the root user, so you'd be missing things like /sbin. You'd either need to log in as root, do a "su -", or just run the full path to the command you're trying to execute. Try a "which <command>" to get the full path to the command you're trying to use.

TechJunky

heh, thanks Dynamik. That was it. I always ssh in using a reg account and then su... I forgot to do ./adduser I am a bone head. I was in a rush trying to get it done right before I left work because a friend wanted ssh access.

Thanks again.

undomiel

Dynamik solves his first linux issue! Woohoo! First steps towards RHCE certification -- SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!

astorrs

undomiel wrote:

Dynamik solves his first linux issue! Woohoo! First steps towards RHCE certification -- SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!

TechJunky

Can always count on Dynamik to come through!

shednik

astorrs wrote:

undomiel wrote:

Dynamik solves his first linux issue! Woohoo! First steps towards RHCE certification -- SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!

dynamik

undomiel wrote:

Dynamik solves his first linux issue! Woohoo! First steps towards RHCE certification -- SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!

It's funny that I'm not the only one that noticed that. I'm not sure how I feel about everyone being surprised that I got something right though

Glad you got it worked out