From: pa3gcu <pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl>
To: Andrew Langdon-Davies <ald2@arrakis.es>,
linux-newbie <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: adduser
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 19:40:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <03040119402002.04891@unix.pa3gcu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E8943C3.1080201@arrakis.es>
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 07:46, Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote:
> pa3gcu wrote:
> >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.!!
>
> They *were* there, yes. I wasn't sure if I could just get rid of them,
> but in the end I did and everything works all right. According to
> something I found via Google, they are temporary files 'left over' by
> the Mandrake Control Centre. The thing is, they get 'left over' again
> any time I reboot the machine. Presumably, this shouldn't happen. Could
> it be a sign of something wrong that needs putting right?
Ah!, ok like i said, this is a common problem with all distro's, i cannot say
if Mandrake has any spesific reasons for leaving them there, IMHO *tmp files
can normally be deleted without problems however caution is the word.
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>
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Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-31 8:20 adduser Andrew Langdon-Davies
2003-03-31 19:59 ` adduser pa3gcu
2003-04-01 7:46 ` adduser Andrew Langdon-Davies
2003-04-01 19:40 ` pa3gcu [this message]
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