On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Chris Staub wrote:
I've never seen this problem. All I can suggest (until someone else has a
better idea) is to go through your command history and check what commands
you actually entered and compare them with what's in the book. Perhaps there
was a problem with the shadow installation.
I _think_ the problem is from grpconv, it seems to be badly behaved
for me these days (e.g. non-zero status) so I distrust it. [ aside - I
never used to run grpconv until I became an editor, oh the joys of
following the book! ]
Stephen, I think the file contains a process number. Take a look at
that process with ps and the number ('ps 26708') and see if it tells you
anything about the process (hopefully, the full command and any
arguments, but any output will show the process is still running).
If the process is indeed still running, and is grpconv, kill it : first
try -HUP, but use -KILL if that fails. Then see if the problem
vanishes.
If the process is a different command, *don't* blindly kill it.
OTOH, if that process is _not_ still running, I'm stumped.
Ken
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