From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Langdon-Davies Subject: Re: adduser Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 09:46:11 +0200 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3E8943C3.1080201@arrakis.es> References: <3E87FA51.3060100@arrakis.es> <03033119595605.04308@unix.pa3gcu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <03033119595605.04308@unix.pa3gcu> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie 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 - 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