error in user.add

[Hendrik Visage]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 08:17:57PM +0200, Hendrik Visage wrote:
> 
> /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/bin
> /usr/bin/install -c isc-config.sh /usr/bin
> useradd: user bind exists

Rather use "getent group $GROUP" and "getent passwd $USERNAME"
in user.add as getent is part of glibc which is quite crucial
for "most" linux systems :)

su-2.05b# lvu from bin/id
coreutils-5.0:/bin/id
sh-utils-2.0:/bin/id
-su-2.05b# lvu from bin/getent
glibc-2.3.1:/usr/bin/getent

Hendrik