Topic: Can NOT create new users... "Segmentation fault"

[osiris9510]

(This is all in the WebAdmin client)

I created a new user named jason. E-smith does its thing and like normal I have to reset the password before the account can be activiated.  I type in the new password and hit "save", and get a blank white screen. ... "Uh oh...."

So, I open the messages log file and I get this:

First attempt:
Feb  3 10:04:36 bus PAM_pwdb[3467]: cannot identify user jason (uid=0)

Second attempt:
Feb  3 10:16:34 bus PAM_pwdb[3542]: cannot identify user jason (uid=0)

It seems as if E-smith is doing its part, but the "underlying" layers are not. "jason" appears in the user list in the WebAdmin client, but not in the /etc/passwd file. It did not create a home folder for jason. usermod says jason does not exist. useradd says "Segmentation fault".

Another user, mary, appears in the WebAdmin list and in the /etc/passwd file, and I can change her password just fine. It does not produce a white screen.

Any ideas?

[chaapai]

hello all !!

what is your version of sme ?
if your sme  version is beta 8 or upgrade of beta8-9, it's bug 159 (bug tracker)
check your shadow-utils version
(for pre1: shadow-utils-4.0.3-58.RHEL4)

and rpm -e --nodeps your-old-shadow-utils-version

yum install shadow-utils
rm /etc/gshadow
grpconv