python2.6 prevents other processes from locking /etc/passwd

[abdullahc]

Binary package hint: python2.6

I have tried to install server applications nfs & postgresql. Both got the same issue:

  useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.

lsof|grep passwd gave me the following:

  python 3007 sneetsher 9u REG 8,1 2015 13316 /etc/passwd

Rebooting the machine, same thing. Kill or Terminating that python process. Still the same error.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

unrelated to python. you'll have to find out which program locks it

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.