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Re: locked password
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Wed Nov 13 15:43:09 1996
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From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:19:52 PST."
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 15:30:09 -0500
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bomber writes:
>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?
Yep!
> PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
> ________________________________________________________________________
> http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-Errata
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rm /etc/.pwd.lock
michaelkjohnson
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