adduser

adduser

[Andrew Langdon-Davies]

Mandrake 9.0

control center>system>users
"Cannot lock user lib,
file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist".

Yes, both exist.

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

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Re: adduser

[pa3gcu]

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

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Re: adduser

[Andrew Langdon-Davies]

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?
Cheers,
Andrew

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Re: adduser

[pa3gcu]

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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