Error: spawn useradd ENOENT

[zhaoyiming0803]

Reference http://ldapjs.org/guide.html to add user, but command report error:

/etc/passwd LDAP server up at: ldap://0.0.0.0:1389
node:events:368
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn useradd ENOENT
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:282:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:288:12)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn useradd',
  path: 'useradd',
  spawnargs: [ '-m', '-c', 'Created via ldapadd', '-s', '/bin/bash', 'ldapjs' ]
}

node version: v16.13.1

npm version: 8.1.2

[jsumners]

Please provide a minimal reproduction.

[zhaoyiming0803]

Please provide a minimal reproduction.

test repository: https://github.com/zhaoyiming0803/test-ldap

npm  ci

npm run dev

[jsumners]

I'm sorry. It isn't clear what I should be doing with that example. It starts a server and nothing else. But it looks like you are using child_process to spawn an external command, and that is what is generating the error. The error you posted originally is stating that the useradd binary does not exist. Your spawn call should include an environment where the useradd binary is in the PATH.

[jsumners]

👋

On February 22, 2023, we released version 3 of this library. As a result, we are closing this issue/pull request.

Please see issue #839 for more information, including how to proceed if you feel this closure is in error.