Re: 2.6.15-rc3: adduser: unable to lock password file

Trond Myklebust
2005-12-02T00:02:17Z

On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 23:47 +0100, JaniD++ wrote:
> Hello, list,
>
> I get this after upgrade from 2.6.14.2
>
> [root@dy-xeon-1 etc]# adduser someuser
> adduser: unable to lock password file
> [root@dy-xeon-1 etc]#
>
> I use nfsroot!

I'm seeing no trouble with locking on 2.6.15-rc3 (with or without the
-onolock option). Could you please use 'strace' to get a dump of what
adduser is failing on?

Cheers,
Trond