Topic: can't create user account

[scott]

I got the following error when trying to create a user account:
Error: the account "dude" can't be created because there is already a user-deleted account of that name.

I did have an account by this name and it got corrupted.  How can I remove the corrupted accuount and create a new one?  Thanks.

[Terry]

Search for user-deleted, deleted user, delete user.  Been asked and answered many times.

[scott]

I did do a search and was not able to fix the problem by using any of these techniques.

[Terry]

Ummm, ok, guess some people need to be spoon fed:

http://www.e-smith.org/bboard/search.php?search=user-delete&f=0&match=1&date=0&fldsubject=1&fldbody=1

[Anti Terry]

No need for that Terry.....One day you'll need help!

[Terry]

I need help all the time.  But I do search 1st, and when told what to search for it makes it even easier.  The link I posted is from the 1st 2 words I mentioned to search for (search=user-delete), not my fault if he isn't bright enough to select "All Dates".
Kids these days...

[Adserg]

LOL...

Ya old git...

[Joe]

I agree with Terry this question has been asked so many times a quick, and with Linux I dont think no-one could know everything as there are soo many commands

[scott]

If you read my last message posted you would see that I did the search and I tried the suggestions, but none of them fixed the problem.  Once again I did a search on all the terms you suggested and found a bunch of possible solutions.  Unfortunately, none of these solutions fixed the problem this time either.  

I think the account is corrupt or something.  It doesn't show up on the system as being a valid account, but if I log into webmail as this user I can send and receive email.  I can also connect with ssh under this username.

If anyone has any other suggestions, please, let me know.  Thanks.

[Terry]

See, now that is clear.  That's not what you said in your second post.  
Did you follow those same commands that Howard Bloom used in his posts, cause he just went off typing anything.  I've never had a problem with /sbin/e-smith/db accounts delete removing a deleted account on my 5.5 or 5.6 systems.  Guess I should try it on my 6.0 system and see if it's still valid.

[Terry]

Just created a user, reset the password, then deleted the user on my 6.0 Service Link enabled box.  I was able to recreate a user of the same name *without* doing anything else.  Maybe this has been changed in version 6.

Terry

[scott]

No, I don't think it is an issue with the version.  I can add, remove and readd other accounts without a problem.  Something has been corrupted or something.  I just noticed if I ssh in with the messed up account, some of the keys on the keyboard no longer work.  Somehow the user config or profile got hosed.  I can no longer use the bash shell while connected with this account.  I can use csh though.  Something is very wrong.Terry wrote:
>
> Just created a user, reset the password, then deleted the
> user on my 6.0 Service Link enabled box.  I was able to
> recreate a user of the same name *without* doing anything
> else.  Maybe this has been changed in version 6.
>
> Terry

[Michiel]

Could you post the entries for your funny user from the following two files:
/etc/passwd
/home/e-smith/accounts

(not the complete files, just the lines for that user

[scott]

scott:x:5000:5000:joe blow:/home/e-smith/files/users/scott:/bin/csh
joe.blow=pseudonym|Account|director
joe_blow=pseudonym|Account|directorMichiel wrote:
>
> Could you post the entries for your funny user from the
> following two files:
> /etc/passwd
> /home/e-smith/accounts
>
> (not the complete files, just the lines for that user

[Michiel]

> scott:x:5000:5000:joe blow:/home/e-smith/files/users/scott:/bin/csh
> joe.blow=pseudonym|Account|director
> joe_blow=pseudonym|Account|director

This tells you that e-smith doesn't know about user scott (no entry in /home/e-smith/accounts), but Linux still does. Run "userdel scott" and I bet everything is back to normal. If that command fails, just delete that line manually from /etc/passwd (or comment it out with #).

Let us know if this solved your problem.

BTW, the pseudonyms point to user "director", not "scott". Does account "director"  exist?

Michiel