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Norman Emery
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‎04-17-2002 11:04 PM

‎04-17-2002 11:04 PM

File Busy Error

When changing a password for account the following occurs

Temporary file busy; try again later for /etc/ptmp

Any suggestion on resolving without rebooting machine ?
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Emiel van Grinsven
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‎04-17-2002 11:11 PM

‎04-17-2002 11:11 PM

Re: File Busy Error

Hi,

try to find out what proces is keeping this file busy. See man fuser for syntax.

HTH, Emiel
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Clemens van Everdingen
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‎04-17-2002 11:13 PM

‎04-17-2002 11:13 PM

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Re: File Busy Error

Hi,

It might be to simple, but are you editing the password file the same time with vipw ?

Is the system crashed before this happens ?
If yes remove the /etc/ptmp file !

C.
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