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Re: locked password

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tyson D Sawyer)
Thu Nov 14 12:50:30 1996

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:26:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Tyson D Sawyer <tyson@rwii.com>
Reply-To: Tyson D Sawyer <tyson@rwii.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611141654.LAA21996@tristan.redhat.com>
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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
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I nearly asked the same question last night but saved myself the
embarassment by checking the Errata.  It is fully explained there.

Ty


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