On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 14:19 +1000, Nick Bryant wrote: > Hi, > > Ok $200USD for anyone who can help me fix this now.... rebooted and it > doesn't say the file is locked anymore... the useradd command just doesn't > die or return anything and just sits there chewing data :( > > Man down. ---- I vaguely recall this type of thing happening when /etc/passwd & /etc/shadow /etc/shadow- had hand edits that didn't align together with each other. If this helps - I like Greg's idea - money to CentOS.org developers Craig