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Re: adduser and passwd errors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Hamstra)
Fri Oct 25 14:52:31 1996
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 13:57:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mark Hamstra <mhamstra@sullivan.bentley.com>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Mac McClellan wrote:
> I have a couple of problems that I'm not sure how to solve:
>
> 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.
>
> 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]\$
The prompt part is easy: you're not using bash. Either switch to bash, or
read the man pages for the whichever shell you are using, paying attention
to the stuff on PS1. I personally use zsh and find PS1="%n@%U%m:%u%~> "
to work well for me.
Mark Hamstra
Bentley Systems, Inc.
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