Re: FC2 groupadd error: unable to lock group file

From: Rick Stevens (rstevens_at_vitalstream.com)
Date: 08/17/04

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    Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:15:24 -0700
To: Kevin Wang <rightsock@gmail.com>, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    Kevin Wang wrote:
    > it was likely that some process that you had started but backgrounded
    > kept the file open. rebooting naturally killed the program.

    You can always use "lsof | grep name-of-questionable-file" to see who's
    got it open.

    And by the way, top posting is not the preferred method here.

            A: Because it's easier to follow the thread
            Q: Why should I bottom-post?

    We prefer bottom posting. Put your reply AFTER what you're replying to.

    > On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:35:58 -0400, Kurt Hansen <khansen@charityweb.net> wrote:
    >
    >>Hi,
    >>
    >>Problem solved. Just want to include it here in case anyone else runs
    >>into this and searches for an answer
    >>
    >>After re-booting the next day, it worked. I'm not sure why. I suspect
    >>the lock happened because I first got an error when running groupadd. I
    >>suspect it exited abnormally and thus did not release it's lock.
    >>
    >>Take care,
    >>
    >>Kurt Hansen
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>Kurt Hansen wrote:
    >>
    >>>Hello,
    >>>
    >>>I'm trying to add a group using the groupadd command, e.g.
    >>>
    >>># /usr/sbin/groupadd -r newgroup
    >>>
    >>>but get the error:
    >>>
    >>>groupadd: unable to lock group file
    >>>
    >>>I was able to do it on FC1 and earlier Red Hat editions. What am I doing
    >>>wrong? I've tried it both as logging in as root and su'ing to root.
    >>>
    >>>The "Add user & group" GUI utility works, but I need the command line
    >>>because I will be setting up systems remotely that are behind a firewall
    >>>that only allows SSH through.
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