Good, we know have the original error. I don't know what can trigger this, but the problem is not specific to the gnome-system-tools.
Please run 'sudo apt-get install lslk' and lslk /etc/passwd It seems that another process/user is locking the file, preventing us from editing it. Sure, we should report errors instead of failing silently, but that's another story. I don't think encrypted home changes anything to the problem, since the file is on the root partition. -- [users-admin] unable to change real name https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432964 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
