strange vipw message !!!!

2006-03-26 Thread Edi Mitrea
hi there, las night i tried to install a mail server, i mean postfix. i tried to add 2 users, with useradd or adduser commands but i called off. later when i tried to change some stuff in my passwd file, whitch i tried to edit with vipw it keep giving me this message all the time : bash-3.00#

Re: strange vipw message !!!!

2006-03-26 Thread Gabriel George POPA
The problem is the following: - read the pw_lock(3) man page (do: man 3 pw_lock); - read it entirely; - understand that manual page; - (the most important step) check if the /etc/ptmp file is in the filesystem and remove it. You'll see that things are now all right. Maybe you'll need to

Re: strange vipw message !!!!

2006-03-26 Thread Gabriel George POPA
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Re: strange vipw message !!!!

2006-03-26 Thread joerch
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 05:07:51AM -0800, Edi Mitrea wrote: hi there, Hello las night i tried to install a mail server, i mean postfix. i tried to add 2 users, with useradd or adduser commands but i called off. later when i tried to change some stuff in my passwd file, whitch i tried to