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Hi.
I've installed the shadow package Shadow-3.3.2 from Sunsite. The system
is Linux-1.1.62, once upon a time it was an SLS-1.0[3?] distribution,
but serious changes have happened since then.

I can't add any new users.
useradd newbie
creates a passwd and shadow file entry, with backup files
passwd- and shadow-
but the new user isn't acknowledged as existing. Any clues as to why?
When I use userdel, the files are unchanged, claiming
user newbie does not exist, but files passwd.lock and shadow.lock
are left behind.

Thanks in advance,
- Alastair
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: Hi.
: I've installed the shadow package Shadow-3.3.2 from Sunsite. The system
: is Linux-1.1.62, once upon a time it was an SLS-1.0[3?] distribution,
: but serious changes have happened since then.

: I can't add any new users.
: useradd newbie
: creates a passwd and shadow file entry, with backup files
: passwd- and shadow-
: but the new user isn't acknowledged as existing. Any clues as to why?
: When I use userdel, the files are unchanged, claiming
: user newbie does not exist, but files passwd.lock and shadow.lock
: are left behind.

: Thanks in advance,
: - Alastair

 Get shadow-mk instead.. it fixes most of the problems found in 3.3.1-2

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