Can't access /etc/passwd anymore

#1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 09:10 AM

When i use 'adduser' or 'usermod' i get the error message:

usermod: can't obtain pw_lock: File exists

But i can't find any lock file that might be obvious. So how can i
remove the lock,
rebooting doesn't help.

#2 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 09:10 AM

llothar <llothar@web.de> wrote:
> When i use 'adduser' or 'usermod' i get the error message:
>
> usermod: can't obtain pw_lock: File exists
>
> But i can't find any lock file that might be obvious. So how can i
> remove the lock,
> rebooting doesn't help.

You could find out using ktrace(8). (Did you already try ls -A /etc? I
suppose you did, but...)

Joachim

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