Problems adding users

[dbc]

Ok here's the setup: Redhat 7.1, I'm using SSH to remotely administer. I'm trying to add a user but nothing seems to work (I believe I've done it successfully before using gnome-linuxconf)

# adduser username
bash: adduser: command not found

# useradd username
bash: useradd: command not found

# whereis useradd
useradd: /usr/sbin/useradd /usr/share/man/man8/useradd.8.gz

what does this mean? what am I doing wrong?

thanks,
dbc

[RedGren]

Are you root?

If you ssh in, you probably logged in as a user, and need to "su" to become root authority.

[dbc]

I tried that earlier, but here is some output anyway:

[root@localhost dbc]# whoami
root
[root@localhost dbc]# adduser username
bash: adduser: command not found
[root@localhost dbc]# useradd username
bash: useradd: command not found

Do I need to get these programs from an RPM or something?

still confused,
-dbc

[Taizong]

Agreed. I seriously dought you are root.

[Taizong]

Wierd. Is this your box or a virtual web hoster?

Try adding bin and sbin to path, just to test (although I can't see why they wouldn't be there).

Try manually adding them the old fashioned way, editing your passwd and groups files.

[element-x]

Instead of typing just "su" at the command line, try using "su -" it may give you better results.

[Craig McPherson]

You just don't have /sbin and /usr/sbin in your path.

Either add them to your path, or use the full path to the commands, as in /usr/sbin/useradd.

[error27]

Craig is right.

You can tell he is root because he says he is root and his prompt ends in '#' which generally standard for root.

I seem to remember helping my friends install a certain namless distro (not debian) where the root $path was screwed up.