Re: Can't change root password

[Tom D <nofx@wincrash.com>]

Craig Davey wrote:
> Hey folks
> 
> Thanks to all those who replied about the uname command. Most 
> appreciated. Now armed with my system information I have another question:
> 
> I am trying to change the root password. Using vipw I get the following 
> error:
> 
> % vipw
> vipw: the passwd file is busy or you cannot lock.

Delete /etc/ptmp and try again.

> 
> Of note, I decided to try booting into single user mode and reset the 
> password using passwd, but that also failed to lock the file so I was 
> unable to change it.
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated. thanks.
> 
> I'm running i386 OpenBSD 3.1
> 
> seeyame