Re: [cobalt-developers] Password File Lock

["Robert G. Fisher" <rfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 12:33:04AM -0400, Ivanov K. Persad wrote:
> I have learned a lot from this discussion list, thanks.
> But now I need some help of my own and I hope you all can help me.
> I have been attempting to setup smb/samba on my RAQ3. After doing
> the changes from the knowledgebase samba setup article, I was using the
> gui to add a user. But I received a message of "Password File Lock".
> I replaced any files I changed to its own "old" configuration, but 
> the problem still exists. I searched the archives to find a similar
> occurence but it still did not lead to a fruitful result.

Unsure, but generally most applications that access the /etc/passwd
file have done so by serializing the access in the code, where as
they first copy /etc/passwd to /etc/ptmp and edit that file.  If
/etc/ptmp exists, that would explain the password lock.

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