Which would be done by typing "fg" to get the process back to the
foreground, and then exiting vi with ":!q". Or, look up the PID with "top"
and "kill -9" the process.

-Tim


At 12:43 PM 3/16/03 , Chuck Yerkes wrote:
>Stop the backgrounded process you have running that's
>got it locked.
>
>Quoting Daniel Bolgheroni (dab__@uol.com.br):
>> I was trying to run vipw so I typed:
>> 
>> # vipw &
>>  
>> I don't wanted to run with '&' at the end. But after that, when I try to
run 'vipw', I get the following message, even after a reboot:
>>  
>> # vipw
>> vipw: the passwd file is busy.
>> #
>> 
>> What can I do?
>> 
>> Thank you.
>