Re: useradd: cannot rewrite password file

From: Kall, Bruce A. (kall_at_mayo.edu)
Date: 06/30/04

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To: Matt Krause <krausem@gmail.com>, fedora-list@redhat.com

    I tried that. There is a .lock file for passwd, shadow, gshadow and
    group in /etc. I removed all 4 lock files and each time I rerun
    useradd, the lock files show up again with the same result.

    Other suggestions?

    Thanks,
    Bruce

    Matt Krause wrote:
    > check for *.lock files in /etc
    >
    > On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:39:22 -0500, Kall, Bruce A. <kall@mayo.edu> wrote:
    >
    >>All of a sudden I am getting this on my Fedora 2 system that has been up
    >>and running fine for some time when I try to add a new user with
    >>useradd. All I can find in bugzilla is a NOTABUG reference (116391) to
    >>shadow. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
    >>
    >>Thanks
    >>
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