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.
Thanks!
Kurt Hansen khansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
