Re: useradd: cannot rewrite password file

From: Matt Krause (krausem_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/30/04

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    Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:42:28 -0700
To: "Kall, Bruce A." <kall@mayo.edu>

    Ouch.

    I had the same problem yesterday, but a rm /etc/*.lock fixed the issue for me.

    On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:08:05 -0500, Kall, Bruce A. <kall@mayo.edu> wrote:
    >
    > 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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