FC2 groupadd error: unable to lock group file

Kurt Hansen khansen at charityweb.net
Sun Aug 15 04:57:00 UTC 2004


Hello,

I'm trying to add a group using the groupadd command, e.g.

# /usr/sbin/groupadd -r newgroup

but get the error:

groupadd: unable to lock group file

I was able to do it on FC1 and earlier Red Hat editions. What am I doing 
wrong? I've tried it both as logging in as root and su'ing to root.

The "Add user & group" GUI utility works, but I need the command line 
because I will be setting up systems remotely that are behind a firewall 
that only allows SSH through.

Thanks!

Kurt Hansen
khansen at charityweb.net





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