[plug] Re: useradd error

[Support]

thanks  got it fixed  it was the lock file 
 still doesnt explian why it did it 
gary

 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Kemner" <zombie at wasp.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Re: useradd error


> On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Support wrote:
> 
> > useradd: error locking group file
> 
> Do a "ps auwx" and check there are no other processes running that could
> have the group file locked (or do a "fuser -v /etc/group") and check for
> a file called something like "/etc/group-" or "/etc/group.lock" or
> anything else that looks like it might be a lockfile. What the file is
> actually called is dependent on the distribution.
> 
>  - Matt
>