rhel 5 adduser xxxx adduser: unable to lock password file

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

> Hi,
>
> I cannot create new user with adduser : adduser: unable to lock password
> file .
> But I can create new user with gui tool.
>
> I delete .pwd.lock, but not fixed.
>
Were you doing it as root, or sudo?

       mark