Can't add new user

From: Pedro J. Lobo <pjlobo_at_euitt.upm.es>
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 15:13:19 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi, admins.

I have a v4.0d system with patck kit 2 applied, recently upgraded from
3.2g (via 4.0a). Everything works OK except that when I try run the
dxaccounts utility or the useradd program, they die with exit status 1 and
this error:

The password and group files are currently locked by another user.
Please try again later.

I have searched for old lock files, but can't find any. I have also tried
to reboot the system, but the problem persists. I have already run the
convauth utility, and the edauth utility works well, as does vipw.

Any hints? Thanks in advance,

        Pedro J. Lobo

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