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I hope this is the correct forum for this message, any help would be
greatly appreciated. I checked the archives and could not find an answer
and I also tried to subscribe to AlphaNT with no luck.  We have a DEC Alpha
with 4.2d and are getting the following problem when trying to add a user:

Here is the dialog and the error message that we get when we try to add a new
user
 using the adduser command.
The adduser icon on the CDE won't do anything.
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Enter a login name for the new user (for example, john): Doe
Enter a UID for (Doe) [204]:
Enter a full name for (Doe): John Doe
Enter a login group for (Doe) [users]:

Enter another group that (Doe) should be a member of.
(<Return> only if none):
Enter a parent directory for (Doe) [/usr]: /users
The shells are:

/usr/bin/sh       /usr/bin/ksh      /bin/sh           /bin/ksh
/usr/bin/csh      /usr/bin/posix/sh /bin/csh

Enter a login shell for (Doe) [/bin/sh]: /bin/csh

Adding new user...

The password and group files are currently locked by another user.
Please try again later.
Error, exiting useradd /usr/sbin/adduser. Check /etc/passwd.
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Thanks for the help.

Gary