Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:08:07 +0100
From: Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org>
To: JaniD++ <djani22@dynamicweb.hu>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.15-rc3: adduser: unable to lock password file
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* JaniD++ <djani22@dynamicweb.hu> [2005-12-02 11:55:09 +0100]:

> Hi,
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Trond Myklebust" <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
> To: "JaniD++" <djani22@dynamicweb.hu>
> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:02 AM
> Subject: Re: 2.6.15-rc3: adduser: unable to lock password file
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 23:47 +0100, JaniD++ wrote:
> > > Hello, list,
> > >
> > > I get this after upgrade from 2.6.14.2
> > >
> > > [root@dy-xeon-1 etc]# adduser someuser
> > > adduser: unable to lock password file
> > > [root@dy-xeon-1 etc]#
> > >
> > > I use nfsroot!
> >
> > I'm seeing no trouble with locking on 2.6.15-rc3 (with or without the
> > -onolock option). Could you please use 'strace' to get a dump of what
> > adduser is failing on?
> 
> OK, i will try it, if i can.... (this is a productive online system, maybe
> next reboot)

I'd rather suggest to _not_ run -rc kernels on productive systems. :)

Marc
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