Thanks to all who replied..
it was actually a file in /etc/ called 'ptmp'.. I removed this file and I
was able to add a user
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Michael Bucholtz - Operations and Support
Centre for Education Information Standards and Services (CEISS)
Phone: (250) 978-4237 Fax: (250) 978-4201
Colleague Support Email: support_at_ceiss.org
Colleague Support Website: colleague.ceiss.org/helpdesk
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Michael Bucholtz wrote:
>
> > We're running DU 4.0E on a DS20 using enhanced (C2) security
> >
> > When I attempt to create a new user, I'm getting a permission denied
> > message
> > saying that the files are in use by another user (and yes, I am creating
> > the
> > users as 'root').
> >
> > There isn't anyone else that I can see that is logged/su'd as root doing
> > user stuff. I checked ps to see if there are any dead sessions with the
> > passwd/group file opened and no go. I checked the permissions on the
files
> > - same as usually is (and root being able to modify pretty much any file
in
> > the system)
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this?
> >
> > I'm going to restart our system tonight and see if that fixes it.
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________
> > Michael Bucholtz - Operations and Support
> > Centre for Education Information Standards and Services (CEISS)
> > Phone: (250) 978-4237 Fax: (250) 978-4201
> >
> > Colleague Support Email: support_at_ceiss.org
> > Colleague Support Website: colleague.ceiss.org/helpdesk
> >
> >
Received on Tue Jul 20 1999 - 23:05:14 NZST