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Re: locked password

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Thu Nov 14 12:20:03 1996

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From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Nov 1996 20:16:54 CST."
             <199611140216.UAA08160@Twoface.tamu.edu> 
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:54:24 -0500
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Mike Schout writes:
>You need to get the updates to redhat-4.0 for ftp.redhat.com in the 
>updates directory.  I believe the package that causes that problem is PAM 
>specifically.  Upgrading the package will fix it, or removing 
>/etc/.pwd.lock will do it too

You are correct that upgrading to the latest pam is the correct fix.
However, you need to *both* upgrade *and* remove the lock file.

michaelkjohnson

"Ever wonder why the SAME PEOPLE make up ALL the conspiracy theories?"



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