In message <20030315010537.GA370@uol.com.br>, Daniel Bolgheroni writes:
>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?

"fg".

-s