it was likely that some process that you had started but backgrounded kept the file open. rebooting naturally killed the program. - Kevin On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:35:58 -0400, Kurt Hansen <khansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
