On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:39:01 +0100 lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > ...
> Well, ok, the file is still locked. > > 'group-' looks like a backup, and 'group.lock' contains 10563, which > is the pid of groupadd. I'd think that's ok. > > So what all does it take to create a system group? I suppose I could > kill groupadd and the emerging might go on, though I wonder what the > problem might be and if something else besides making an entry to > /etc/group needs to be done. What might require an indefinite delay > here? Any unusual network activity? (DNS lookups that shouldn't be happening, etc.)
