[lug] USERADD

[Shannon M. Johnston]

Thanks!

Kevin Fenzi wrote:

> >>>>> "Shannon" == nunar  <nunar at mauromedia.net> writes:
>
> Shannon> Help!  I'm getting a message that says: useradd: unable to
> Shannon> lock password file
>
> Shannon> Does anybody know what's going on?
>
> humm...well, before making any changes to your passwd file, programs
> usually lock it so they know only one thing will be making changes at
> a time.
>
> Usually this lock file in /etc/ptmp. Check and see if that file
> exists and is old. If someone else is making changes on your system,
> you just have to wait and try again and you should get in. ;)
>
> Shannon> Thanks, Shannon M. Johnston
>
> kevin
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