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@xxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxx> 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 > >> > >> > >>-- > >>fedora-list mailing list > >>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >> > > > > > > > -- Matt Krause krausem@xxxxxxxxx http://www.mattkrause.net
