Thanks! The interesting part is: file_run_full_failed::Command [/usr/sbin/adduser --gecos --disabled-password bugta] failed. Since the user wasn't created, everything else fails.
What do you get when you run: sudo /usr/sbin/adduser --gecos --disabled-password bugta in a terminal? You'll get the reason why users-admin fails. But this is a different bug, and it's likely triggered by a broken system... -- 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