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Re: [Xen-users] Can't add a user to Xen 3.0.3 VM !

To: "Omer Khalid" <Omer.Khalid@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Can't add a user to Xen 3.0.3 VM !
From: "Henning Sprang" <henning_sprang@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:54:04 +0100
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On 1/24/07, Omer Khalid <Omer.Khalid@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

I am running a VM with Xen 3.0.3. The domU OS is Scientific Linux 4 which is
based on Red Hat Enterprise 4.4. I could deploy the virtual machine, and it
runs all the services but I can't add new user. I get the following error:

[root@CTB /]# uname -r
2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.cernxenU
[root@CTB /]# adduser testuser
adduser: cannot rewrite password file

Hmm, in some redhat or suse based vm, depending on how they were
installed, I needed to do a "pwconv" first, before being a ble to use
the passwd file correctly.

HTH
Henning

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