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#16846 - 09/25/02 04:51 AM
/etc/gtmp and /etc/ptmp
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My machine has these files and as far as i can tell the gtmp isn't a very popular file due to its lack of listing on the internet and the ptmp is a lockfile for the yppasswdd utility. It creates the ptmp lockfile and then deletes it when its done checking everything. But should this utility crash the ptmp lock file remains intact locking the password files. Well, i'm trying to add users to my machine and it won't let me because "/etc/gtmp or /etc/ptmp lockfile may exist" so how do i combat this problem? I've tryed just removing both files but they just reappear the next time i try to go do anything with users.
Regards,
Skull,
Trust me, if i started killing people, there'd None of you left
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#16847 - 09/25/02 03:41 PM
Re: /etc/gtmp and /etc/ptmp
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hmm, do you have the nis service running (cause that does remind me off when i see yppassword (yp = yellow pages)), if this is true, stop the service.
I have no clue if this works or not, i just thought about it with the yp, but give it a try
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#16849 - 09/26/02 03:44 AM
Re: /etc/gtmp and /etc/ptmp
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Skull
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Well, i got it working it seems somehow. I went into gnome and loaded the gui user configuration tool there and closed it, loged out of everything, and logged back in as root. The temp lock files had vanashed. It seems my box had puked while i was trying to add a user a while back.
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Skull
Trust me, if i started killing people, there'd None of you left
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Okay WTF?
by HenryMiring on 09/27/17 08:45 AM
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