Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 02:48:27 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: bfarina@terracom.net (Bill Farina) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The password db file is busy Message-ID: <199806110648.CAA02972@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <199806090527.AAA08254@mendota.terracom.net> from Bill Farina at "Jun 9, 98 00:30:26 am"
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Bill Farina wrote:
> I had a power failure in the middle of running vipw. Now when I try to get
> back in, I get the message--
>
> vipw: the password db file is busy
>
> My question is, what is the name of the temporary file that is keeping me
> out of vipw?
>
Look for /etc/pw.xxxxxx where xxxxxx is some stuff based on the vipw
pid, e.g. /etc/pw.l9146
Dave
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