fixing /etc/passwd

[Marcel Kunath]

Hello,

I mucked up my user setup in the passwd file.

I added a machine for a PDC. I later deleted it and I must have done it the
wrong way. I now try to add it again and it fails.

The name is

sa$

The files /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow don't have it referenced in it.

I do a

# useradd -g machines -c NTMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false sa$
useradd: user sa$ exists

# usermod -g machines -c NTMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false sa$
usermod: sa$ not found in /etc/passwd

# userdel sa$
userdel: error deleting password entry
userdel: error deleting shadow password entry

# groups sa$
sa$ : machines

How is this fixable?

Thanks,

mk