Bug 5632

Your little window is going to screw up the log lines but
here goes...


I have a real problem with useradd.
I have a list of over 2100 users I need to add in one shot.
The script I setup uses the useradd program. It doesn't
start the UID's at 500 like
it says to in /etc/login.defs

   /etc/login.defs
	#
	# Min/max values for automatic uid selection in
useradd
	#
	UID_MIN                   500
	UID_MAX                 60000


man useradd says it uses those settings to chose UID's

OK, Here is where things get weird. useradd starts UID's at
100
and moves up to 499 then starts over at 15. What the hell is
that?
Then it adds users till it hits 99 then yacks no more
UIDS...

While I add users here is the messages log...

Oct  6 10:36:36 orion useradd[13936]: new user: name=cti,
uid=495, gid=100, home=/home/users/cti, shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:37 orion useradd[13937]: new user:
name=infonet, uid=496, gid=100, home=/home/users/infonet,
shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:37 orion useradd[13938]: new user:
name=esquire, uid=497, gid=100, home=/home/users/esquire,
shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:38 orion useradd[13939]: new user: name=dkmj,
uid=498, gid=100, home=/home/users/dkmj, shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:38 orion useradd[13940]: new user: name=ricky,
uid=499, gid=100, home=/home/users/ricky, shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:38 orion useradd[13941]: new user:
name=pondhome, uid=15, gid=100, home=/home/users/pondhome,
shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:39 orion useradd[13942]: new user: name=brianb,
uid=16, gid=100, home=/home/users/brianb, shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:39 orion useradd[13943]: new user:
name=getsales, uid=17, gid=100, home=/home/users/getsales,
shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:40 orion useradd[13944]: new user:
name=gethelp, uid=18, gid=100, home=/home/users/gethelp,
shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:40 orion useradd[13945]: new user: name=p84,
uid=19, gid=100, home=/home/users/p84, shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:40 orion useradd[13946]: new user: name=tisay,
uid=20, gid=100, home=/home/users/tisay, shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:36:41 orion useradd[13947]: new user:
name=dmardis, uid=21, gid=100, home=/home/users/dmardis,
shell=/bin/bash

...

Oct  6 10:37:39 orion useradd[14021]: new user: name=lapere,
uid=95, gid=100, home=/home/users/lapere, shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:37:41 orion useradd[14022]: new user: name=rac1,
uid=96, gid=100, home=/home/users/rac1, shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:37:42 orion useradd[14023]: new user: name=greg,
uid=97, gid=100, home=/home/users/greg, shell=/bin/bash
Oct  6 10:37:43 orion useradd[14024]: new user:
name=jlovell, uid=98, gid=100, home=/home/users/jlovell,
shell=/bin/bash


The output from useradd once it hits UID 98...

useradd: can't get unique uid
useradd: can't get unique uid
useradd: can't get unique uid
useradd: can't get unique uid
useradd: can't get unique uid
useradd: can't get unique uid

The command line I use... Has the passwords snipped from
another Unix system.

useradd-m -n -r pammy -p
'$1$dag7cC3a$N3C11h.16sE.O8vMZkNfX1'
useradd -m -n -r stardust -p
'$1$.h8nkYBG$XACifQo4W33dbwJ37gStA/'
useradd -m -n -r cent21 -p
'$1$J/hdolql$MUkZiu1Be5XOuY5wccpMu0'
useradd -m -n -r mark -p
'$1$JHthpT0R$.iu4Bmvx/ax/aLRE2MAfF/'
useradd -m -n -r robertf -p
'$1$0zBOeLVf$58FHhKhAjfpFkhsjdXwhf1'
useradd -m -n -r n1rby -p
'$1$iJh.Tn7f$KZoYmNOIoCCAbfgUzx2QG.'
useradd -m -n -r nasus -p
'$1$FMbeJL5f$jRtbTqDFNKkCehII5WiZr0'
useradd -m -n -r luck -p
'$1$iuGezdHM$J2c9ObqxGgIWJDwbrdj9Z/'


Please, What's going on?

This is a new RH5.2 install.
The password file was empty except for the basic system
accounts.
I've run all the nessary updates from RH's updates ftp site.