cannot rewrite password file

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

krishnamurthy kandi wrote:
> Hi,
> I logged into my linux box as user,now i want create new user by
> excuting the command /usr/sbin/useradd kimo then it is saying that
> useradd: cannot rewrite password file
>  
> what should i do create new user from existing user.
>  
> thanks
>  
For security reasons, only root can add or remove users.
You can ether log in as root, or use su to change to root.

If you want to give a user the ability to add new users,
look at the sudo command. Once you set it up, you would
then run "sudo /usr/sbin/useradd kimo".

Mikkel
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