Re: Can't change root password

["Marco Peereboom" <slash@peereboom.us>]

use passwd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Davey" <craig@eigentone-solo-collective.net>
To: <misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 17:46
Subject: Can't change root password


> 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.
> 
> 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