whoami returns user, but usermod complains it doesn't exist

Asked Dec 08 '18 at 04:23

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I have Linux (Ubuntu) on a VM provided by corporate IT in my organization, and I have a user "myuser".

whoami is able to return the username:

myuser@host:/home/myuser$ whoami
myuser

id returns info related to the user too:

myuser@host:~$ id
uid=43350(myuser) gid=600(staff) groups=600(staff),27(sudo)

And getent returns my user in the list, but /etc/passwd doesn't have my user's entry.

Now I am trying to run docker commands without sudo. So I tried adding the user to the group, but usermod says user does not exist

myuser@host:/home/myuser$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
usermod: user 'myuser' does not exist

How do I fix this?

edited Dec 09 '18 at 19:28

asked Dec 08 '18 at 04:23

Amol Deodhar

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Do you know where your user is defined? (I.e., locally / on a central server?) – G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica' Dec 08 '18 at 04:32
It's not local... /etc/passwd doesnt have my user's entry but getent returns my user in the list – Amol Deodhar Dec 09 '18 at 18:29
I have the same issue, were you able to solve it ? my user is also not defined locally – moth Mar 15 '23 at 03:50

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