"password and group files locked"

From: Lev Gelb <gelb+_at_pitt.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:38:34 -0400 (EDT)

Hi - on a Digital Unix 4.0E system that I have inherited
responsibility for, use of the "dxaccounts", "useradd",
and "groupadd" utilites by root result in:

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

What does this mean, and how can I "unlock" these files?

(BTW, I'm not using enhanced security mode.)

(If I'm logged in as a non-root user, I *can* run dxaccounts,
but, of course, can't use it to add users.)

Thanks in advance for your help,

Lev

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lev Gelb gelb+_at_pitt.edu http://www.pitt.edu/~gelb
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry, 905 Chevron Science Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA ph:(412)624-1217, fax:(412)624-8611
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"if you're not part of the solution, you're
          part of the precipitate" ---- Steve Wright
Received on Wed Apr 14 1999 - 21:18:55 NZST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed Nov 08 2023 - 11:53:39 NZDT