useradd problem on RedHat linux

[James McCartney]

useradd -g newuser newuser

The useradd program tries to create a group of the same name if no group 
is specified with -g option.

You might want to go with a few more options as well :)
ex. useradd -g newuser -u 1325235 -c "New User" -d /home/newuser -m newuser

Rajanish Rai wrote:

>thanks anish,
>
>I tried useradd -n,but still getting the same problem.
>
>rajanish
>
>--- Anish Mathew <nedumannilanish at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>try useradd -n
>> 
>>anish
>>
>>Rajanish Rai <rajanishrai at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am facing a problem while executing 'useradd'
>>command to add user on RedHat linux, if there is
>>already a group with same name as user and '-g'
>>option
>>is not used to set primary usergroup.
>>
>>Details to reproduce issue is as -
>>(1)On RadHat linux system, a usergroup with name
>>"newuser" already exists.
>>(2)Tried to add user with name "newuser" using
>>following command.
>>useradd newuser
>>(3)Got following problem -
>>useradd: group newuser exists - if you want to add
>>this user to that group, use -g
>>
>>I was hoping to set "newuser" as primary usergroup
>>while executing above command.
>>
>>Pls let me know any possible workaround for the
>>same.
>>
>>Regards
>>Rajanish Rai
>>
>>
>>
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