Re: Password file lock error?

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From: Robert Milkowski
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 00:00

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espehr <root@valpo.edu> wrote:
> I've tried to add users to my linux passwd file both manually and using
> useradd.
> The next time I tried modifying the user using the passwd command and
> giving them their password to login, but every time the passwd program
> exits saying : Cannot lock the password file; try again later.
  I'm newer to Linux but I've got similar situation sometime ago.
Just deleted passwd.lock (sth. like this) file in /etc and it's ok now.

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From: Robert Milkowski <milek@rudy.mif.pg.gda.pl>
Subject: Re: Password file lock error?
Date: 1997/12/04
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