bash: adduser: command not found on centOS

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I installed CentOS 5.5 on my VMWare 8 recently and I am trying to add a new user on the system. I am unable to add the user unless I use su - option. I believe it has to do something with path not set properly.

I updated the path and here is what it looks like /usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/uone/bin:/sbin

I believe the command is in /sbin dir which is already a part of path. Can anyone suggest me what else I might be missing?

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 17 '22 at 15:29

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Try adding /usr/sbin to your path.

For example to add it to the end of the path you would do something like this:

export PATH=$PATH:/the/file/path

edited Nov 17 '22 at 15:29

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answered Aug 03 '14 at 06:39

mdpc

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Yep! That did the trick, Added it as priority location in path. Thanks mdpc :) – Atul Aug 03 '14 at 06:54
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How would I do that? There is already a PATH = something in my .bash_profile? How do i add another one? – xiaodai Dec 17 '14 at 07:05
@xiaodai http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/26059/24354 – Hartley Brody Oct 20 '15 at 18:41
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Want to provide an example of that for this to be a complete answer? – Henry F Feb 28 '17 at 04:01

score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '18 at 04:38

I know the OP answer was solved, however for those who are running CentOS from within the docker container, which appears to be missing both adduser and useradd, the solution is to install shadow-utils (under root obviously):

yum install shadow-utils

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 20 '15 at 12:13

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/usr/sbin/useradd username -g groupname -d homedirectory

edited Aug 20 '15 at 12:13

don_crissti

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answered Aug 20 '15 at 11:26

user60679

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Its giving me error -bash: /usr/sbin/useradd: No such file or directory – Nishad Up Feb 20 '18 at 07:51
same here @NishadUp – Stanley May 19 '20 at 17:43
you first need to install shadow-utils package and then use the /usr/sbin/useradd command. It should work this way. Maybe you did not install the shadow-utils in the first place. – Syed Shaharyaar Hussain Apr 07 '23 at 06:27

score -3 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 11 '14 at 12:30

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whereis useradd

this is used to solve that problem

edited Dec 11 '14 at 12:30

Hauke Laging

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answered Dec 11 '14 at 11:18

Admin linux

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That only tries to find useradd, not install it. – Amint Mar 03 '21 at 21:50
whereis: command not found – s3c Apr 20 '22 at 08:59

bash: adduser: command not found on centOS

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