> I'd like some of these answers, too. My system has been acting squirrely
> ever since I half-compiled the current sources. I untarred all the 1.2
> binaries, hoping that would cure things, but I still get core dumps.
> Booting up even dumps core for inetd, and a couple of others.
> 
> Yeesh.
> 
> On Sat, 28 Dec 1996, Brian N. Pacula wrote:
> 
> > 1) vipw constantly tells me "the passwd file is busy"
> > 
> > 2) ppp-up "can't find pppd"
> > 
> > 3) I get frequent segmentation faults and core dumps with just about every
> >    program I run.
> > 
> > 4) None of the paths in my .cshrc and .profiles seem to work consistently. I
> >    often have to indicate the path by hand when I run a program.
> > 
> > 5) Don't even get me STARTED on X Windows.
> 
> Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd@fls.portland.or.us - Fuji Landscape Service
> BSEE (6/86) + BSChem (3/95) + BAEnglish (8/95) + $3.00 = mocha latte
> 
> 
> 
this happened to me once and a friend pointed out that if I remove
the passwd.tmp file, all was well.  you may have been adding a user
and the system or command stopped half way through.  the temp file
is blocking your access to the passwd file.

Can't hurt to try.

sm