> > [1] "If a user with the same name already exists in the system uid > > range (or, if the uid is specified, if a user with that uid already > > exists), adduser will exit with a warning." > > However, it goes on to say: > > This warning can be suppressed by adding "--quiet". > > ... which is being used. so I suspect something else is up? Perhaps you > can provide more details about your error, etc etc. The call to getent > is not only ugly (IMHO) but I remember being reassured it was not used. > :)
I get this error with a local redis user with UID > 40k. The script is specifying --system, and --quiet only suppresses the error if the previously-existing user's UID is in the system range. cf. line 370 in adduser (version 3.113+nmu3): "a user with this name already exists; it's a problem when it's not a system user"
