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diff --git a/gnu/build/accounts.scm b/gnu/build/accounts.scm
index c43ce85b60..8687446aa6 100644
--- a/gnu/build/accounts.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/accounts.scm
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
group-entry-gid
group-entry-members
+ %password-lock-file
write-group
write-passwd
write-shadow
@@ -224,6 +225,11 @@ each field."
(serialization list->comma-separated comma-separated->list)
(default '())))
+(define %password-lock-file
+ ;; The password database lock file used by libc's 'lckpwdf'. Users should
+ ;; grab this lock with 'with-file-lock' when they access the databases.
+ "/etc/.pwd.lock")
+
(define (database-writer file mode entry->string)
(lambda* (entries #:optional (file-or-port file))
"Write ENTRIES to FILE-OR-PORT. When FILE-OR-PORT is a file name, write