Cannot create account Inappropriate ioctl for device error

[nslave]

Hi there,
I am having an issue creating new accounts in WHM. I am logged with root and this is the error that comes up:

Unable to add user dockers: add_system_user failed due to an error: (XID mszztt) The system failed to set the user ID to “572” and the group ID to “587” on “/home/dockers” because of an error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

After that there is entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/group. The home directory is created but empty and the owner and group are 'root'. Any ideas what could be the solution? Is there a log file that logs the add_system_user script output?

 

[vanessa]

Did the /home/user folder perhaps exist before you created the account? I've seen this in edge cases where it did and was owned by root:root, thus halting the account creation process. I've also seen times where it existed as a symlink but pointed to a device that no longer existed.

 

[nslave]

The home folder does not exist before starting the account creation process.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

The error message you provided suggests this is a VPS and it may have reached the "quotaugidlimit" threshold, or some other VPS parameter limit imposed from the VPS node. If this is a VPS, please check with your VPS hosting provider to see if they can verify if any resource limits have been reached.

Thank you.