Subject: Re: can't su
To: None <bartosh@tamu.edu>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/26/1998 13:14:34
M. Bartosh wrote:
> Hmm- was trying to fix the IPNAT problem I had remotely, but I can't su! 
> This line come straight from /etc/group:
> 
> wheel:*:0:root:bartosh

this should be:

wheel:*:0:root,bartosh

no spaces.  colons are used to separate fields, not field entries ;-)
 
> vipw says password file is busy.... I suppose this is a security feature 
> since I'm not running as root? Or is something more up-

take a look in /var/spool/lock/ and see if there is a vi lock file there.
remove it if there is and rerun vipw.

> So I guess I have to wait till tommorow to get back to school and work 
> on IPNAT.

good luck!

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD                 Intel Corporation
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