SUMMARY: couln`t change passwd

From: Akile Sahin <akile_at_bornova.ege.edu.tr>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 20:12:48 +0300 (EET)

You are wonderful!
Thanx a lot.
The Problem was solved by your solution.

And thanx a lot to other people who sent mail to me.


On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Paul A Sand wrote:

> > Oct 7 09:55:23 bornova yppasswdd[2670]: password file busy - try again.
> > Oct 7 09:56:46 bornova yppasswdd[1870]: password file busy - try again.
> > Oct 7 10:05:59 bornova yppasswdd[1870]: password file busy - try again.
> > Oct 7 10:07:11 bornova yppasswdd[1870]: password file busy - try again.
> >
> > This shows that passwd file is locked. Now are there any suggestion
> > to solve the problem? (reboot was not the solution.)
>
> I think the lock file is `/var/yp/src/passwd.ptmp'. You could try
> removing it.
>
>
> --
> -- Paul A. Sand | That'll teach me to grep from the FAQ...
> -- University of New Hampshire | (Paul Southworth, comp.unix.osf.osf1)
> -- pas_at_unh.edu |
> -- http://pubpages.unh.edu/~pas |
>


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