From: jpfitz@fnal.gov
Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 15:24:12 EST
Just a note using usermod at the command line yields basically the same
error.
Also, this is the FIRST attempt to modify any users since the rolling
installation of PK5.
Jim Fitzmaurice
jpfitz@fnal.gov
UNIX is very user friendly, It's just very particular about who it makes
friends with.
----- Original Message -----
From: jpfitz@fnal.gov
Date: Friday, November 7, 2003 12:55 pm
Subject: dxaccounts fails with unusual message.
> I have a 3 system cluster running Tru64.TruCluster V5.1a PK5. We run
> NIS for password management.
>
> I ran dxaccounts to add a user to another secondary group, everything
> work normally until I clicked OK. I got the message:
>
> Errors encountered while modifying the selected users
>
> Errors encountered while modifying user(s)
> The attempt to rename the password file failed
> Errors encountered while modifying user(s)
> Cross-device link
>
> I tried going to the group and adding him that way, but got a similar
> message:
>
> Errors encountered while modifying the group: D0l3
>
> The attempt to rename the group file failed
> Cross-device link
>
> Anybody seen this before? The only reference I saw in the archives
> fora Cross-device link was encounterd using vxrestore, and the summary
> didn't seem applicable here.
>
> Jim Fitzmaurice
> jpfitz@fnal.gov
>
> UNIX is very user friendly, It's just very particular about who it
> makesfriends with.
>
>
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