hi all
thanks to Gavin Kreuiter <gavink_at_ust.co.za>
as per gavin kreuiter's suggestion i deleted the file
/etc/.AM_is_running
and my error is gone and i can run dxaccounts again.
original message below.
ciao
claudia
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####### original message ######
hi all
i just did a fresh install of 4.0d +patch kit 3 on 5 dec's - two dec
3000's and 3 dec alpha 200 personal workstations. we have run into some
problems with dxaccounts. on one of the 200's following a reboot after a
kernel build (for the patch kit) i got the following error when i tried to
run dxaccounts:
The password and group files are currently locked by another user.
Please try again later.
there was no process running as shown by a ps aux. i could find no lock
files nor no clear indication of where they should be in the man pages.
yesterday, another person was adding a user to one of the dec 3000's when
dxaccounts (the normal one in /usr/bin/X11) crashed, after adding the
user. the same error now appears there as well.
interestingly, the older version in
/usr/tcb/bin/dxaccount can still be run.
any suggestions on
1) where the lock files might be so i can eliminate them
2) why this happened to begin with
3) where i should look to try and find out
thanks in advance!
ciao
claudia
Received on Fri Feb 19 1999 - 07:42:22 NZDT