useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files. See pwconv(1M).

righiuh

root@host#
root@host# /usr/sbin/useradd -g ossgroup -d /export/home/ossuser -s /bin/bash -m -G dbgroup,ftpgroup ossuser
UX: /usr/sbin/useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files.  See pwconv(1M).
root@host# pwconv

pwconv检查无异常啊，大家看看是怎么回事？

东方蜘蛛

对比下你的/etc/shadow和/etc/password有啥不对应的地方

righiuh

很神奇，就这个用户不行，其他的都可以创建……

root@host # cat /etc/passwd
root:0:0:Super-User:/:/bin/bash
daemon:1:1::/:
bin:2:2::/usr/bin:
sys:3:3::/:
adm:4:4:Admin:/var/adm:
lp:71:8:Line Printer Admin:/usr/spool/lp:
uucp:5:5:uucp Admin:/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:9:9:uucp Admin:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
smmsp:25:25:SendMail Message Submission Program:/:
listen:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
gdm:x:50:50:GDM Reserved UID:/:
webservd:x:80:80:WebServer Reserved UID:/:
postgres:x:90:90ostgreSQL Reserved UID:/:/usr/bin/pfksh
svctag:x:95:12:Service Tag UID:/:
nobody:x:60001:60001:NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:No Access User:/:
nobody4:x:65534:65534:SunOS 4.x NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
ossusertest:x:100:201::/export/home/ossuser:/bin/bash
OSSUSER:x:101:201::/export/home/ossuser:/bin/bash
OSSuser:x:101:201::/export/home/ossuser:/bin/bash
nmsuser:x:102:303::/export/home/nmsuser:/bin/bash
root@host # cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:Super-User:/:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1::/:
bin:x:2:2::/usr/bin:
sys:x:3:3::/:
adm:x:4:4:Admin:/var/adm:
lp:x:71:8:Line Printer Admin:/usr/spool/lp:
uucp:x:5:5:uucp Admin:/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:x:9:9:uucp Admin:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
smmsp:x:25:25:SendMail Message Submission Program:/:
listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
gdm:x:50:50:GDM Reserved UID:/:
webservd:x:80:80:WebServer Reserved UID:/:
postgres:x:90:90ostgreSQL Reserved UID:/:/usr/bin/pfksh
svctag:x:95:12:Service Tag UID:/:
nobody:x:60001:60001:NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:No Access User:/:
nobody4:x:65534:65534:SunOS 4.x NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
ossusertest:x:100:201::/export/home/ossuser:/bin/bash
OSSUSER:x:101:201::/export/home/ossuser:/bin/bash
OSSuser:x:101:201::/export/home/ossuser:/bin/bash
nmsuser:x:102:303::/export/home/nmsuser:/bin/bash
root@host # cat /etc/group
root::0:
other::1:root
bin::2:root,daemon
sys::3:root,bin,adm
adm::4:root,daemon
uucp::5:root
mail::6:root
tty::7:root,adm
lp::8:root,adm
nuucp::9:root
staff::10:
daemon::12:root
sysadmin::14:
smmsp::25:
gdm::50:
webservd::80:
postgres::90:
nobody::60001:
noaccess::60002:
nogroup::65534:
ossgroup::201:
ftpgroup::301ssusertest,OSSUSER,OSSuser,nmsuser
dbgroup::302ssusertest,OSSUSER,OSSuser,nmsuser
nmsuser::303:
root@host # /usr/sbin/useradd -g ossgroup -d /export/home/ossuser -s /bin/bash -m -G dbgroup,ftpgroup ossuser
UX: /usr/sbin/useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files.  See pwconv(1M).
root@host #

东方蜘蛛

# which bash
/usr/bin/bash

righiuh

多谢，搞定了。
解决方法是，添加该用户到/etc/password，/etc/shadow，然后再用userdel 的方法删除，再次useradd就OK了。估计原因也可能是因为这样，直接删除了这两个文件中的用户行造成的.