On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Sherman Tsang wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am having a bit of trouble with a very simple thing that i have done lots
> of times over... i am just trying to add a user using the 'adduser' command
> in the following manner:
>
> adduser -p myPasswwd aUser
>
> i enter it, and then it sits there, thinks a while, then comes up with the
> following msg:
>
> adduser: unable to lock password file
>
> Does anyone know what i could have done wrong? Or if something else is
> wrong? The msg kind of worries me a bit as well...
>
Make sure you have not opened the file for editing in another xterm,
perhaps using vi or emacs. That would cause the lock, I think.
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