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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!not-for-mail From: Bill Fink - President WSI <bill@wsii.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help! Error when adding a user Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 11:35:53 -0400 Organization: Web Services International, Inc Lines: 21 Message-ID: <33B3DDD9.742F@wsii.com> References: <5oufbq$7dr$1@grape.theshop.net> Reply-To: bill@wsii.com NNTP-Posting-Host: bill.wsii.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43657 Mike wrote: > > I get the error: > > Cannot lock file: /etc/master.passwd > > What do I do? > > Thanks! > > A response by email would be appreciated! > makin@uiciokc.com (WHILE ROOT!) cp /etc/master.passwd /etc/master.passwd.bak cp /etc/master.passwd.bak /etc/master.passwd worked for me.