Can't create new accounts

[Prafulla]

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| New Account Info |
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| Domain: benstar.com
| Ip: 65.110.53.*** (n)
| HasCgi: y
| UserName: benscom
| PassWord: ********
| CpanelMod: x2
| HomeRoot: /home
| Quota: 50 Meg
| NameServer1: ns1.****.net
| NameServer2: ns2.****.net
| NameServer3:
| NameServer4:
| Contact Email: ***@***.com
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Unable to add the user benscom

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Do following steps for solving "Unable to add user "----" "problem :

1) check /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log for the error when trying to create an account
2) chmod +w passwd,v ( cd /etc)
3) ll /etc/group*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6336 Nov 16 21:40 /etc/group
-rw------- 1 root root 6359 Nov 16 21:39 /etc/group-
4)chattr -i /etc/group
5) mv /etc/gshadow /etc/gsahdow.corrupted
And run grpconv to rebuild the file.You should be able to create accounts now. Please verify that everything is running fine.

Regards,
Prafulla.

[Vishalg]

If you get the error 'grpconv: can't lock group file' than just delete /etc/group.lock, /etc/gshadow.lock and run grpconv .

Regards,
VishalG.