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Offline unforgiven

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Where is "groupadd" command?
« on: July 10, 2009, 04:32:52 AM »
hi,
when i try to use groupadd command, it gaves me
/bin/sh: groupadd: not found

 ??? ??? ??? what should i do? i want to install mysql, and i think i need this command

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Re: Where is "groupadd" command?
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2009, 04:41:58 AM »
Use 'addgroup'
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Offline unforgiven

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Re: Where is "groupadd" command?
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2009, 04:55:18 AM »
thanks, i use that, but still have a problem
for installing mysql i should write these command:

groupdadd mysql  => i use addgroup mysql
useradd -g mysql mysql  => i use adduser -g mysql mysql

but it gaves me:
adduser: group name 'mysql' is in use

what is deffrence between adduser and useradd??  i can't undrestand! ???

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Re: Where is "groupadd" command?
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2009, 05:08:19 AM »
Try

adduser -G mysql mysql

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