useradd does not delete lock files if non-unique uid creation is attempted without -o flag
Issue
The useradd command is not deleting /etc/{passwd,shadow,group,gshadow}.lock when it tries to create a non-unique UID without the -o flag having been specified.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- shadow-utils-4.0.17-19.el5
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