Creating a group

Posted in 2000

Abraham Oommen — Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:56:22 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

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Jonathan Leffler — Tue, 05 Sep 2000 10:38:48 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Abraham Oommen wrote: > > When creating a group using the syntax > > groupadd informix > > or > > groupadd -g xxx -o informix > > I get this error: Group 'informix' not unique Chances are, this means that there already is a group informix. > As per informix there needs to be a user and a group with the name of > informix for the install. I am using HP-UX B.11.00 U 9000/800 > attempting to install Informix 7.3 UC5. Can somebody help me with > this error message? > > I already have a user by the name informix and I believe that > shouldn't matter. Please advise. Thanks. On Linux, when you use useradd to add a user 'username', you typically get a group 'username' created at the same time. Has this happened for you? -- Yours, Jonathan Leffler (Jonathan.Leffler@Informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v1.00.PC1 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!"

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Abraham Oommen — Tue, 05 Sep 2000 19:44:18 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)