I apologize for not attaching the files the second time. Now I seem to have a bigger problem, it will not let me add an account. I have been continuing to configure my system, but I don't know (obviously) what I did wrong. In general I have edited various configuration files and merged them from a previous Ubuntu system. I have gone back and checked the file owners and modes from a backup I created just after installation.
Would you please help me to sort this out? Then I will get back to the original problem, if it still exists. I have followed the procedure, adding using "script" to capture what I typed. Files attached in a tar file. I: Started script on Console 1 capturing in console1.log Started script on Console 2 capturing in console2.log Typed: sudo killall /usr/bin/perl; sudo /usr/share/system-tools-backends-2.0/scripts/SystemToolsBackends.pl -m UsersConfig -v &> ~/stb-users.log in console 1 per web page, and as captured in console1.log Entered by password. Typed: users-admin &> ~/users-admin.log in console 2 per web page, and as captured in console2.log Clicked "Add" "Create a new user" dialog appeared Provided Name and Username, both "bugta" Dialog popped up: "Tye configuration cannot be saved. You are not allowed to modify the system configuration" Exited user creation tool. Exited script shell on console2 Exited script shell on console1 I was logged in as "administ", which when I run "id" prints: uid=1000(administ) gid=1000(administ) groups=1000(administ),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),46(plugdev),111(lpadmin),119(admin),122(sambashare),123(vboxusers) grep administ /etc/group prints: admin:x:119:administ,ray,rnsc,rnscadm ls -l passwd shadow group gshadow -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1662 2011-01-16 14:19 group -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 1441 2011-01-16 14:19 gshadow -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2712 2011-01-16 14:19 passwd -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 2874 2011-01-16 14:19 shadow ** Attachment added: ""script" capture of console1 and console2, stb-users.log, users-admin.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/666555/+attachment/1795997/+files/CannotAdd.2011.01.16.1435.tar -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666555 Title: "users and groups" home directory change does not "take" -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
