Strange error from vipw

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

I'm trying to add a user to my systems, and having a little bit of a 
problem.

Four out of five systems went fine, but the last one is reporting an 
error:

        vipw: pwd_mkdb exited with static 1
        re-edit the password file? [y]:

But it's not very clear what "static 1" means, nor is there any clue to 
help me fix the problem.


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