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From: Graham Daveney
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 00:00

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I'm trying to run the adduser program.

When I get to the end of the program I get this error message

 /etc/passwd locked, try again

I've tried searching for /etc/.pwd.lock files, but could not find any.

I've tried logging in as a normal user and I can use the passwd command to
change my password.

Any ideas ?


Thanks
Graham
graham@daveney.matra.com.au

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From: graham@daveney.matra.com.au (Graham Daveney)
Subject: adduser problems
Date: 1997/11/09
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Summary: /etc/passwd locked, try again.
Organization: Linux by the Beach Sydney Australia
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