Service name conflict with system user name

[cheng chen]

Hi all,
i named a username "eirods", than it is already in passwd and group.
And i try to install the eirods on this server with rpm -i,

Then i get this information.

Creating Service Group and Account: eirods at /var/lib/eirods
ERROR :: Please delete the existing Service Group eirods before proceeding.

is there any solution to fix this? Thanks

[Marvin Kosmal]

HI

Do you in fact have a user called ""eirods?"

If so, you can't have two users with the same name.

If not, delete the user from the password, and group files.

Or use the GUI to remove that user.

HTH.

Marvin

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:08 AM, cheng chen  wrote:
> Hi all,
> i named a username "eirods", than it is already in passwd and group.
> And i try to install the eirods on this server with rpm -i,
>
> Then i get this information.
>
> Creating Service Group and Account: eirods at /var/lib/eirods
> ERROR :: Please delete the existing Service Group eirods before proceeding.
>
> is there any solution to fix this? Thanks
>
> --
> MfG
>
> Cheng(誠)
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[cheng chen]

it is the user that i access the system.
OK, it seems that i need talk to my chef

Thanks

2013/11/6 Marvin Kosmal
> HI
>
> Do you in fact have a user called ""eirods?"
>
> If so, you can't have two users with the same name.
>
> If not, delete the user from the password, and group files.
>
> Or use the GUI to remove that user.
>
> HTH.
>
> Marvin
>
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:08 AM, cheng chen  wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > i named a username "eirods", than it is already in passwd and group.
> > And i try to install the eirods on this server with rpm -i,
> >
> > Then i get this information.
> >
> > Creating Service Group and Account: eirods at /var/lib/eirods
> > ERROR :: Please delete the existing Service Group eirods before
> > proceeding.
> >
> > is there any solution to fix this? Thanks
> >
> > --
> > MfG
> >
> > Cheng(誠)
> > http://freakrobot.blogbus.com
> >
> > --
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> > [e-mail]
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[Mark LaPierre]

On 11/06/2013 11:08 AM, cheng chen wrote:
> Hi all,
> i named a username "eirods", than it is already in passwd and group.
> And i try to install the eirods on this server with rpm -i,
>
> Then i get this information.
>
> Creating Service Group and Account: eirods at /var/lib/eirods
> ERROR :: Please delete the existing Service Group eirods before proceeding.
>
> is there any solution to fix this? Thanks

You must develop a plan to deal with duplicate user names.  I've seen
this done in several ways.  You could add a number to the user name:
I.E. eirods01

If you use the person's initials you can build a user name like this:
John Alfred Johns = JAJ00
James Albert Jones = JAJ01

If the user has no middle name use the first initial and the first two
letters of the last name:
Mark LaPierre = MLA03

It's a good plan to make all your user names the same length.  It makes
managing your system with scripts much easier.  Say you adopt a length
of six characters.
John Alfred Johns = JAJOHN
James Albert Jones = JAJONS
Mark LaPierre = MLAPIE
Se Ta = SETA00

Maybe you might have some direct hires and some contractors on your
system.  You may want to add an indicator in the user name:
John Alfred Johns = JAJC00 < Contractor
James Albert Jones = JAJC01 < Contractor
John Alfred Johns = JAJD00 < Direct Hire
James Albert Jones = JAJD01 < Direct Hire

It's always good to build in some intelligence into you user names.

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 06 November 2013, Mark LaPierre sent:
> You must develop a plan to deal with duplicate user names.  I've seen
> this done in several ways.  You could add a number to the user name:
> I.E. eirods01

Or, you could try something more personal, and use nicknames (that they
approve of) for their login (e.g. James may be Jim).

This reminds me of a problem my friend created with his home computer
network.  He'd name the computer with his own name, and he'd use his own
name for his logon, too.  Then he'd do something similar with another
computer (use another personal name for himself).  It became
(personally, rather than computationally) confusing when doing things
across the network.  Not to mention leaving himself open to jokes about
logging on to himself...  ;-)