user deletion problem

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 20:08 +0530, PM wrote:
> 
>         
>         That user is no longer listed in /etc/passwd?
>         
> 
> Here is the complete history and error details:
> 
> myfamily at myfamily-desktop:~$ userdel -f linuxworld 
> userdel: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.
> myfamily at myfamily-desktop:~$ sudo userdel -f linuxworld 
> [sudo] password for myfamily: 
> userdel: cannot lock /etc/gshadow; try again later.
> 
> The error I am getting is this one. And the user to be deleted is
> 'linuxworld'
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you have to be superuser (or root)

sudo userdel -f linuxworld

or

sudo su -
userdel -f linuxworld

Craig


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