From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pa3gcu Subject: Re: adduser Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:59:56 +0000 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <03033119595605.04308@unix.pa3gcu> References: <3E87FA51.3060100@arrakis.es> Reply-To: pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <3E87FA51.3060100@arrakis.es> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Andrew Langdon-Davies , linux-newbie On Monday 31 March 2003 08:20, Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote: > Mandrake 9.0 > > control center>system>users > "Cannot lock user lib, > file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist". > > Yes, both exist. As far as i see it, that is the problem, they are presant in /etc. Maybe you could be a little more spesific in you explanation.!! > clm (as root)> > adduser (or useradd, the result is the same. Which command is preferred?) > "vipw lockfile (/etc/ptmp) is present!" > > I cannot find an explanation in the manual. > > TIA > Andrew -- Regards Richard pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs