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10-18-2007	#1 (permalink)
stlinux Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19	useradd problem i have installed arch and when it comes to the new booted screen, it comes up with login i enter root and then this command to create a new user, # useradd -m -s /bin/bash username and it then gives me a password error without letting me enter the password command. Please help!!!!

10-18-2007	#2 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,056	Welcome to the forums! Not sure it'll work, but try adduser instead. Let us know. __________________ oz New Members: * README *

10-18-2007	#3 (permalink)
stlinux Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19	unfortunately they both come with the same problem "unable to lock password file"

10-18-2007	#4 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,056	I'm really not sure what's going on here. Have you already created a root password? __________________ oz New Members: * README *

10-18-2007	#5 (permalink)
Thrillhouse Linux Engineer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arlington, VA, USA Posts: 1,366	Sounds like the root file system might be mounted read-only. Check /etc/fstab. Make it read-write if so.

10-18-2007	#6 (permalink)
stlinux Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19	im not sure but how do i set root password,

10-18-2007	#7 (permalink)
Thrillhouse Linux Engineer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arlington, VA, USA Posts: 1,366	Easy: Code: #passwd root

10-18-2007	#8 (permalink)
stlinux Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19	but when i try that and enter new password it comes up with "passwd: Authentication token lock busy"

10-18-2007	#9 (permalink)
Thrillhouse Linux Engineer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arlington, VA, USA Posts: 1,366	That's why I think your fstab is mounting the root filesystem as read-only. Post the output of: Code: cat /etc/fstab and we can check it. If that's not the problem, we can move on to other possibilities.

10-18-2007	#10 (permalink)
stlinux Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19	just wrote it in, and what am i going to be looking for

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