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locked password

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bomber)
Wed Nov 13 12:26:46 1996

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:19:52 -0800 (PST)
From: bomber@globalpac.com (bomber)
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ok...I know someone else had this problem, but I can't remember the
solution.  Whenever root tries to add a user with
adduser <username>
All I get is the message:

/etc/passwd is locked.  Try again later.

any tips?


bomber


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