Called Dec support on this problem and went through the normally file
checks.
Turned out that two lock files were left behind on the passwd file.
/etc/passwd.new.dir
/etc/passwd.new.pag
These file locks prevented mkpasswd from running and also were the cause of
the error message in the adduser script.
Thanks for many suggested solutions, gave me other things to check as well.
Brian C. Parkhurst
brianp_at_u.washington.edu
Systems Programmer
MCIS/Patient Data Services
9725 3rd Ave NE #400
Seattle, WA 98115-2024
VM (206) 543-7458, Pager 206-989-9212
Received on Thu Nov 19 1998 - 20:54:50 NZDT