[CentOS] Unable to open group file for writing

[Ralph Angenendt]

Peter W. Merritt wrote:
> Sorry I forgot that.
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 655 Aug 21 21:51 /etc/group

Do you have SELinux turned on? 

What is the output of ls -Z /etc/group?

-rw-r--r--  root     root     system_u:object_r:etc_t /etc/group

Regards,

Ralph
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