Message-ID: <387B3CE8.7064C364@mrs.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:23:36 -0600
From: markvo <markvo@mrs.umn.edu>
Organization: University of Minnesota - Morris
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To: tdaly@manu.com
Subject: Re: dxaccounts locked by another user.
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tdaly@manu.com wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I'm trying to run /usr/bin/X11/dxaccounts, and get the message
> 
> ''The password and group files are locked by another user.
> Please try again later.''
> 
> I've rebooted the machine, and I still can't run dxaccounts.
> 
> Is there another way of editing the properties of users/groups or is there a way
> of unlocking dxaccounts?
> 
> Regards,
> Tim

Remove the file /etc/.AM_is_running or some name similar to that.  Also,
this will appear many times in the list archives.  Good luck.

   Mark

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