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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 | 24 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 index 44806970c9c..b8558634021 100644 --- a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 +++ b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.19 2001/08/03 16:03:02 mpech Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.20 2001/08/27 02:57:07 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -144,10 +144,22 @@ and YP passwords. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag -.It "The passwd file is busy..." -The password file is currently locked by another process, or a -process previously holding the lock was prematurely terminated. -To determine whether another process is holding the lock, the +.It "Attempting lock password file, please wait or press ^C to abort" +.Pp +The password file is currently locked by another process; +.Nm +will keep trying to lock the password file until it succeeds or +you hit the interupt character (control-C by default). +If +.Nm +is interrupted while trying to gain the lock the password changed will +be lost. +.Pp +If the process holding the lock was prematurely terminated the lock +file may be stale and +.Nm +will wait forever trying to lock the password file. +To determine whether a live process is actually holding the lock, the admin may run the following: .Bd -literal -offset indent fstat /etc/ptmp @@ -155,7 +167,7 @@ fstat /etc/ptmp .Pp If no process is listed, it is safe to remove the .Pa /etc/ptmp -file to get rid of this error. +file to clear the error. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact |