
Solved: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later
I encountered a “cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later” issue whilst trying to create a new user onΒ my Ubuntu 18.x server. The root cause eludes me, but I did find that the following helped to resolve the issue. Step 1 – Remount the file system Remount the file system in …
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