[1491] in RedHat Linux List
Re: adduser and passwd errors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mac McClellan)
Mon Oct 28 18:13:38 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 15:12:10 -0700
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From: Mac McClellan <bigmac@digitalpla.net>
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At 01:30 PM 10/25/96 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Mac McClellan writes:
>>1. adduser gives me the error: /etc/passwd is locked. Try again later.
>>Even after a fresh boot it says locked. I'm not sure what is keeping the
>>passwd locked.
>
>Read point 9 of the errata, at
>http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/rh40-errata-general.html
>
>>2. I am able to add a user in X windows using control panel/users. However
>>instead of getting the normal prompt ([user@computer /home_directory]$) I
>>get this error:
>>
>>ulimit: not found
>>
>>and this prompt:
>>
>>[\u@\h \W]\$
>>
>>Any ideas?
>
>Probably depends on what shell you are using. What shell are you
>using? Have you applied all the updates relavant to shells in the
>errata?
>
OK I made all the upgrade listed in the errata but still get the same error.
Any other suggestions?\
Thanks
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