[plug] Unable to lock passwd file when logged on as root

[Earnshaw, Mike]

Further to this, when I log in, something I have not seen before:

PAM_pwdb[23563]:login session opened for root by LOGIN(uid=0)

is displayed before the prompt

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnshaw, Mike [mailto:earnshawm at wa.switch.aust.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 6 July 2000 10:25
> To: 'plug at plug.linux.org.au'
> Subject: RE: [plug] Unable to lock passwd file when logged on as root
> 
> 
> This reveals:
> 
> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 6 02:23 .pwd.lock
> 
> which I remove. Check to make sure that it has been removed. 
> Try again.
> Still get passwd lock message and file is recreated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima [mailto:tony at cantech.net.au]
> > Sent: Thursday, 6 July 2000 10:18
> > To: PLUG (E-mail)
> > Subject: Re: [plug] Unable to lock passwd file when logged 
> on as root
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Earnshaw, Mike wrote:
> > 
> > > What should I check next. Help required please.
> > 
> > Check for /etc/.p*  Different applications use different lockfiles.
> > vipw for example uses /etc/.ptmp
> > 
> > Yours Tony.
> > 
> > /*
> >  * "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the 
> >  * same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
> >  * --Albert Einstein
> >  */
> > 
> > 
>