problem with usermod

From: Phil Hale <phale_at_zues.tamucc.edu>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 10:49:18 -0600 (CST)

Hello all,

System: Dec 3000 - M900
OS: Tru64 ver. 4.0e (Patchkit #2) + C2 Security

I've got a quick question about using usermod.

I try to issue the command:

/usr/sbin/usermod -l newname oldname

and get the reply:


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



I did a search of the archives and someone mentioned having this same
problem. The summary only stated that it had something to do with the
creation of the directory "/etc/ptmp". I checked to see if I had this
directory... It didn't exist... I tried creating it and still had
the same results using "usermod"...

Anyone know how to fix this?


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