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Old 8th March 2016
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Based upon the discussion under DIAGNOSTICS in the passwd(1) man page, I will assume you have executed passwd(1) twice, and the first instance is still running.

Only one user may update the password database at any given time, as there are multiple files in /etc that must remain in sync.

Last edited by jggimi; 8th March 2016 at 02:05 AM. Reason: clarity
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