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

JaniD++
2005-12-03T13:06:06Z

Hi,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Trond Myklebust" <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
To: "JaniD++" <djani22@dynamicweb.hu>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: 2.6.15-rc3: adduser: unable to lock password file

> 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?

Here is the strace-s output: (20KB)
http://download.netcenter.hu/bughunt/20051203/adduser.log

This problem is always on on 2.6.15-rc3, and newer on 2.6.14.2

Cheers,
Janos

>
> Cheers,
> Trond
>
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