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User is not in passwd and shadow file but when getent passwd user it shows

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User is not in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file but when I "getent passwd userSec" it shows the account details.

[root@myServer systemadmin]# getent passwd userSecuserSec:sdfdgfdsge34gfdsgfdsgfdsgwerwrewd.:709:709:userSec_Account:/home/userSec:/bin/bash[root@myServer systemadmin]# cat /etc/passwd | grep userSec[root@myServer systemadmin]# cat /etc/shadow | grep userSec

Tried deleting and adding the user but still no luck.

[root@myServer systemadmin]# sudo /usr/sbin/userdel -r userSecuserdel: error deleting password entryuserdel: error deleting shadow password entryuserdel: error removing directory /home/userSec[root@myServer systemadmin]# /usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/userSec -m -s /bin/bash userSecuseradd: user userSec exists

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