RE: [cobalt-developers] Error with user_add in User.pm

["John Burgess" <john.burgess@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My guess is that there is already a lock file in etc/lock that needs to be
removed or you are not running as root?

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> I am automating user addition but am getting the following
> error..and ideas?
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> 4999 Cannot lock /etc/locks/ptmp
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> the relevant code is...
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> use Cobalt::Product; # Loads paths, standard variables
> use Cobalt::User; # Loads user-specific functions
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> my($rv) = user_add($username,$fullname,$password,$size,'off');
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> Regards to all
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> Jason Frisch
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