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Re: Redhat 4 - locked passwd
> I installed a redhat 4
> (I know.. I know.. upgrade emminent)
> and have a question regarding where the password
> lock file is. mans, /var/spool etc' brought
> up nothing.
> I want to add a user using adduser, and I get
> "/etc/passwd is locked. Try again later."
> I don't see any other process accesing it.
It's a file in /etc, I think it's named .passwd or something like that.
Remove it.
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