G. Q. Shen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> I use RH5 now and now my users can not use chsh and chfn to change their
> login shell nor finger information. The error messages are:
> setpwnam: File exists
> Shell *NOT* changed. Try again later.
>
> Anybody knows why?
It sounds like your /etc/passwd file got locked and never got unlocked.
Make sure that /etc/ptmp doesn't exist, and that no one's currently
running vipw, etc.
Bill
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