John,
Look for a /etc/ptmp file.
That is the lock file created when you "vipw".
Maybe?
Rick
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, John Weber wrote:
> Below is my first question. Since then I've ascertained that this
> problem doesn't happen on a virgin redhat 5.0 system. It only happens
> on the systems I've done the security updates on (2 of each). Maybe this
> will help narrow down the problem.
>
> John
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >I used chfn and it worked once and after that it's broken. I suspect it
> >left a lock file somewhere. I tried the upgrade to util-linux-2.7-15,
> >but it's still broke. Here is a sample session....
> >
> > [1][11:01am]jweber:linus:~> chfn
> > Changing finger information for jweber.
> > Password:
> > Name [John Weber]: John S. Weber
> > Office [635]:
> > Office Phone [556-5394]:
> > Home Phone []:
> >
> > setpwnam: File exists
> > Finger information *NOT* changed. Try again later.
> >
> >Anybody know which file exists that needs to be removed? The errata
> >mentions /tmp/ptmp, but I don't have that one.
> >
> >John Weber
> >
> >Center for Computational Mathematics System Administrator
> >University of Colorado at Denver
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Campus ext: 65394 (303)556-5394 off campus
> >http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jweber
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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