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Re: [cobalt-users] error: The password file is locked
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] error: The password file is locked
- From: "Babu P. Yogarajah" <bpy@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Jan 25 09:52:07 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
At 15:59 25/01/01 +0000, you wrote:
>
>I am having problems adding new users or modifying existing users
>using the RaQ 4 web based user interface. It is coming up with
>the following error message:
>
>"The password file is locked"
>
>I am still able do most of the other system admin tasks.
>
>I think, the problem started to happen while I was trying to enable
>SAMBA on RaQ 4.
>
>I will be grateful for your comments and advice.
Hi Daniel,
Login as a root and check your /etc/passwd file,
if the contents are alright then delete the lock file
which you can find under the directory /etc/locks
Best regards,
Babu P. Yogarajah
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