dba group already exists in linux

We are setting up a new linux box for Oracle, the following message appears when trying to create the dba group:

  [root]# groupadd -g 300 dba
  groupadd: group dba exists

I've seen this before, but have no idea how this group was created.

Typically I create dba with an id of 500, but this default group is usually some other ID IIRC.

To answer some likely questions:

• no, oracle has never been installed on this box
• dba does not appear in /etc/group

This is RH Linux EL4, kernel 2.6.9

Thanks,

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