[Linux][Ubuntu] How to solve "groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later."

[Linux][Ubuntu] How to solve "groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later."


Q :

[root@localhost rober]# groupadd cvs

groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later.



A:



cd /etc

ls *.lock

rm *.lock



Reference :

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  groupadd: unable to lock group file?!